PIE fatal hit-and-run: Victim found nearly 5 hours later

A 21-year-old motorcyclist was flung off his motorbike while travelling on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) towards Changi Airport on Monday morning (April 2).


The bike appeared to have skidded, The New Paper reported. But the victim of the fatal accident, Mr Muhammad Zulfiqar, was found close to five hours later at 10.15am.

The police said in a joint statement with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) that they first received a call about the accident at 5.25am.

Upon arrival, they found an unattended motorbike at lane 3 of the expressway, the statement said.

However "attempts to verify the whereabouts of the motorbike owner were unsuccessful and officers left the scene subsequently," the agencies said.

At 9.15am, SCDF received another call about "someone lying down in the divider along PIE towards Changi Airport, after Upper Bukit Timah exit".

But again the dispatched ambulance could not locate the victim.

At about 10.07am, the police received another report of "a man lying in the bushes at the centre divider of PIE" and returned to the location.

But it was another SCDF ambulance that was on its way to a separate incident along the PIE that spotted Mr Muhammad.

Paramedics pronounced the biker dead at 10.15am. According to Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Wanbao, Mr Muhammad was left for dead after he was hit by a car and flung off his bike.

Mr Muhammad's father, Mr Mohd Nor, 45, said his family had never supported his son's decision to ride a motorcycle, according to The New Paper. However he had insisted that it was more convenient than taking the bus or MRT.

Mr Mohd Nor said that on the day of the accident, his son had gone for supper with some friends after knocking off from work in the wee hours of the morning.

Police investigations are ongoing.

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