The driver of a BMW car involved in a high-profile fatal crash along Tanjong Pagar Road last year had a blood alcohol level just past the drink-driving limit, with the vehicle hitting close to 150km/h at one point.
These details emerged on Thursday (June 9) during the first day of a coroner’s inquiry into the deaths of Jonathan Long Junwei, 29, and his four passengers on Feb 13, 2021.
It was the highest number of people killed in a single traffic accident in the past decade.
Long was showing off his newly bought two-door BMW M4 to several friends who had gathered to celebrate the first day of Chinese New Year, the coroner’s court heard.
After drinking at an Ang Mo Kio home, they decided to have supper at a Korean restaurant — owned by one of them — along Tanjong Pagar Road around 4am.
Three others went behind the wheel of Long’s car and drove around the area, which had a speed limit of 50km/h, at speeds of possibly up to 181km/h. Long then took over for the last round.
His passengers, who were all his current and former colleagues at Aviva Insurance, were Eugene Yap, 29, Elvin Tan Yong Hao, 28, Teo Qi Xiang, 26, also known as Wilson, and Gary Wong Hong Chieh, 29.
Long was speeding at 148km/h at one point and started to lose control at 110km/h to 148 km/h, before crashing into a shophouse at 37 Tanjong Pagar Road and catching fire at about 5.40am.
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These details emerged on Thursday (June 9) during the first day of a coroner’s inquiry into the deaths of Jonathan Long Junwei, 29, and his four passengers on Feb 13, 2021.
It was the highest number of people killed in a single traffic accident in the past decade.
Long was showing off his newly bought two-door BMW M4 to several friends who had gathered to celebrate the first day of Chinese New Year, the coroner’s court heard.
After drinking at an Ang Mo Kio home, they decided to have supper at a Korean restaurant — owned by one of them — along Tanjong Pagar Road around 4am.
Three others went behind the wheel of Long’s car and drove around the area, which had a speed limit of 50km/h, at speeds of possibly up to 181km/h. Long then took over for the last round.
His passengers, who were all his current and former colleagues at Aviva Insurance, were Eugene Yap, 29, Elvin Tan Yong Hao, 28, Teo Qi Xiang, 26, also known as Wilson, and Gary Wong Hong Chieh, 29.
Long was speeding at 148km/h at one point and started to lose control at 110km/h to 148 km/h, before crashing into a shophouse at 37 Tanjong Pagar Road and catching fire at about 5.40am.
More at https://shrtcô.de/DcFizm (scroll down to read)
