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CNA
14-07-2025
- CNA
Driver and passenger arrested over fatal car crash at Circuit Road night market
SINGAPORE: Two men, aged 38 and 40, have been arrested over a car crash that resulted in the death of a woman at a night market stall, the police said on Monday (Jul 14). The police said they were alerted to an accident involving a rental car and a woman who was manning a stall at the night market at Block 52A Circuit Road at about 11.45pm last Friday. The 66-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic. It was reported on Sunday that the driver had been arrested over the incident. 'The 40-year-old driver did not render assistance to the injured woman, but allegedly fled the scene after the accident,' said the police. The traffic police established the driver's identity and arrested him on Saturday. Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver did not possess a valid driving licence. The police said in an update on Monday that the driver is assisting with investigations for dangerous driving causing death, driving a motor vehicle without a valid licence, using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage and failing to stop after an accident. They added that the 38-year-old passenger was also arrested at the scene for permitting the driver to drive without a valid licence and insurance coverage. He is believed to have rented the car. Photos posted on the Facebook page SGRV showed the aftermath of the incident, with a black GetGo car at the scene with debris strewn around it. The police reminded motorists to abide by traffic rules. Those who are involved in accidents must stop and help the road users involved, such as calling for an ambulance. 'Leaving an accident scene without rendering assistance is a criminal offence. The traffic police will not hesitate to take firm action against motorists who choose to flout traffic laws and endanger the safety of other road users.'
Russia Today
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Ukrainian man taken to draft office after biting cop
A man stopped for running a red light in Kiev was sent to a conscription office after allegedly biting a police officer, the local authorities said Wednesday. It comes amid growing public resistance to Ukraine's mobilization drive, which some Ukrainians reportedly hope Russia will disrupt. What was described by Kiev traffic police as a routine enforcement stop escalated when the driver reportedly became combative. Officials said the man was listed in a draft evasion database and was accordingly transferred to military custody. Footage circulating online appears to show a middle-aged man reading aloud from a Ukrainian Supreme Court decision before apparently biting officers attempting to remove him from his vehicle. Ukraine relies on mandatory conscription to fill ranks depleted by battlefield losses. While individuals in key governmental or industrial roles may be exempt, many others evade enlistment by going into hiding or seeking illegal passage out of the country. 🇺🇦 In Kyiv, a driver bit a police officer during a document refused to show his documents and wanted to call a lawyer. At that moment, the police officer began to try to open the door and the driver bit him on the hand. In response, he was grabbed by the hair. Andrey Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, said this week that some individuals have leaked the locations of conscription offices to Russian forces in the hope they would be targeted. Ukrainian officials have reported several recent strikes on enlistment centers. In a separate mobilization-related case this week, journalist Bogdan Butkevich was reportedly drafted under contentious circumstances. Known for his vocal support of conscription, Butkevich had publicly criticized opponents of the campaign as 'bastards' and 'scum' and defended violations by conscription officers. Butkevich's wife, Marina Daniluk-Yarmolaeva, claimed Wednesday that her husband had until recently worked with Ukrainian military intelligence, but was drafted after falling out with the agency. She said he was inducted despite medical conditions that would normally qualify him for an exemption. The military intelligence agency HUR has denied any affiliation with Butkevich. Daniluk-Yarmolaeva claimed that ending the cooperation was ordered by the office of the president, which she said was displeased with Butkevich's critical remarks about Vladimir Zelensky's military strategy. 'I don't know how Zelensky intends to win this war,' she wrote in a social media post. 'But I do know that it benefits [his team]. It allows them to tighten control and silence anyone.'
