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Police car hits taxi but doesn’t stop: driver(
By Faris Mokhtar | SingaporeScene – Fri, Mar 18, 2011 12:03 PM SGT)
A taxi driver has lodged a complaint against a police officer who bumped into his taxi and failed to stop after the incident.
Ng Wen Sheng, 44, the taxi driver who made the complaint, said that the incident happened on 27 Jan at about 8am on the Airport Boulevard towards Terminal 1.
Both his taxi and the police car were driving in the same direction when the front of the police car swiped the rear of his taxi. This left the cab, a silver Kia Magentis, with scratches on the bumper and the right side of its bodywork, he claimed.
The cabby said that the police car went left before disappearing into a side road. He wanted to follow it but had to take his passengers to the departure hall as they were running late.
At that time, Ng was on the way to the airport to drop off his two passengers who were due to catch a flight to Europe. Both he and his passengers were unhurt in the minor accident.
"I was shocked that the police car didn't stop. It didn't seem like it was in a rush to go to a crime scene," he told The Straits Times.
Last week, the police told him that action was being started against the driver of the police car for careless driving, failing to stop after an accident and failing to render assistance. ST understands that the driver was a staff sergeant who was alone at the time and on official duty.
His account was corroborated by one of the passengers, a 26-year-old account design manager, who was in the taxi with her mother.
Ng went to the Airport Police headquarters after his passengers got out. He wanted the particulars of the driver and photographs of the police car so he could submit an insurance claim.
"In response to media queries, police confirm that a police report was lodged by the officer who was involved in the accident with the taxi on the same day upon her return to base," said a police spokesman.
"Another officer had also contacted the taxi driver to assess the damage and cost of repair. Police investigations into the case are still ongoing."
It is not known whether the officer's duties have changed pending the outcome of the investigation.
Ng, who recently gave up driving a cab to take a job as a construction site supervisor, said, "What if it was a more serious accident, yet the other party didn't stop to check if anyone was hurt?"
Former policeman P.T. Roger, 57, said that although officers often have to attend to emergency calls, they should still stop when an accident happens, however minor it looks.
"They should stop to check if anyone is injured and exchange particulars. They can always call back for reinforcements if they were on the way to respond to an emergency," he said.
source:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/police-car-hits-taxi-doesn-t-stop-report-20110317-210317-302.html
