Driver involved in fatal hit-and-run accident in Jurong West arrested

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The driver was not present when the police arrived at the accident site after being alerted at around 7.25am.

The driver was not present when the police arrived at the accident site after being alerted at around 7.25am.

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SINGAPORE – A 44-year-old man, who was involved in

a fatal hit-and-run accident in Jurong,

was arrested on Jan 24 on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death.

The police had been searching for the driver in the Jan 23 accident that involved his car and a 36-year-old female pedestrian in Jurong West Avenue 4 towards Jurong West Avenue 2.

The driver was not present when the police arrived at the accident site after being alerted at around 7.25am, the police said. The woman was unconscious when taken to hospital, where she later died.

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