Pedestrian found dead on PIE was hit by minibus in Jurong West; driver arrested
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The police were alerted to a body on the PIE towards Changi on Oct 16.
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- Police said a 77-year-old woman found on the PIE was actually hit by a minibus in Jurong West. She died at the scene, and the driver was arrested for driving without due care and attention causing death.
- The hit-and-run happened at the junction of Jurong West Street 61 and Jurong West Avenue 4. Police said the minibus driver left before they arrived, and investigations are still ongoing.
- The case comes as Traffic Police reported more injury crashes and injuries in the first half of 2026. Elderly pedestrian accidents also rose, showing a worrying road safety trend.
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SINGAPORE – The police have clarified that a woman who was found dead on the PIE on Oct 16 was struck by a minibus in Jurong West, about 2km from where her body ended up on the highway.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the 77-year-old pedestrian was involved in a hit-and-run accident with a minibus at the junction of Jurong West Street 61 and Jurong West Avenue 4, the police said in an updated statement on Oct 17.
Her body is believed to have been trapped beneath the minibus’ undercarriage before being dislodged along the PIE, said the police.
The authorities were alerted to the body on the PIE towards Changi at 7.10am on Oct 16.
The minibus driver, a 66-year-old man, left the scene before the police arrived. He was subsequently arrested for driving without due care and attention causing death.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, on the expressway before the Jalan Bahar exit, by a Singapore Civil Defence Force paramedic.
The distance between the accident site and the Jalan Bahar exit is about 2.2km, according to Google Maps.
Police investigations are ongoing.
The number of road traffic accidents and casualties in Singapore continued a three-year upward trend in the first half of 2026.
Statistics from the Traffic Police showed that the number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased from 3,748 in the first half of 2025 to 3,869 in 2026.
Injuries rose from 4,894 in the first half of 2025 to 5,090 during the same period in 2026.
The number of fatalities fell from 79 in the first half of 2025 to 61 in the first half of 2026, and the number of fatal accidents dropped from 78 to 60.
The Traffic Police said the drop in fatalities was largely due to fewer deaths among motorcyclists and pillion riders.
Accidents involving elderly pedestrians increased from 121 in the first six months of 2025 to 144 cases over the same period in 2026.
The number of injured elderly pedestrians went up from 106 to 132 in the same period.