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3 drivers charged with culpable homicide; 2 allegedly overtook each other at 170kmh to 192kmh
Cassidy Tan Ting Hwee, one of three drivers charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder on Oct 28, allegedly drove at speeds of up to 192kmh.
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Nadine Chua
Published Oct 28, 2025, 09:34 AM
Updated Oct 28, 2025, 11:14 AM
SINGAPORE – Two drivers who allegedly kept overtaking each other along the Central Expressway at speeds of up to 192kmh, leading to the death of a motorcyclist, have been charged.
On Oct 28, Cassidy Tan Ting Hwee, 33, and Rayson Loo Sian Hao, 35, were charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
According to court documents, Tan and Loo allegedly drove in a dangerous manner knowing it was likely to cause death. Tan is also said to have swerved from lane four to lane two of the CTE.
He is accused of colliding with a motorcyclist and causing him to be flung onto the road, with Loo’s vehicle allegedly running over him, resulting in the motorcyclist’s death.
At around 2am on Jan 14, 2024, the police were alerted to a fatal traffic accident involving two cars and a motorcycle.
The 31-year-old male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigations revealed that Tan allegedly drove at speeds of up to 192kmh, while Loo drove at 170kmh, far exceeding the speed limit of 90kmh for that stretch of road.
The pair were arrested and their licences were immediately suspended, said the police.
Their cases will be heard again on Dec 2.
On Oct 28, a third driver was also charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder over a separate accident.
Tan Yong Ren, 35, had allegedly collided with a cyclist along Nicoll Highway towards Guillemard Road on Dec 19, 2023, at around 5am.
He is accused of drinking alcohol, driving against the flow of traffic and colliding with the cyclist. He allegedly fled the scene without helping the cyclist.
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He was identified and arrested within 16 hours, and his driving licence was suspended.
The police said on Oct 27 that Tan Yong Ren was initially charged with dangerous driving causing death.
But the charged was revised to culpable homicide not amounting to murder after review.
Tan Yong Ren has a pre-trial conference scheduled on Nov 24.
If convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, an offender can be jailed for up to 15 years, fined, caned, or face a combination of these penalties.
The police on Oct 27 said they take a serious view of dangerous driving, adding that “such irresponsible acts can have devastating and fatal consequences”.
“Motorists who engage in egregious conduct will be held accountable for the consequences of their actions and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” police said.
It is believed that the last time a motorist was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder was in January 2017.
A man had driven against the flow of traffic along the Ayer Rajah Expressway in December 2016, killing one and injuring four others.
In 2019, he was sentenced to a year’s jail and banned from driving for 12 years
. He had pleaded guilty to a charge of causing death by a rash act after his culpable homicide charge was amended.
From January to September, traffic accidents resulting in injuries and fatalities rose by 7.4 per cent to 5,765, from 5,368 in the same period in 2024, according to latest statistics released on Oct 24.
Based on the mid-year report released by the Traffic Police in August,
more people were killed or injured in road traffic accidents in the first half of 2025
compared with the same period a year ago.
There were 78 fatal accidents from January to June, up from 70 in the first half of 2024, with the number of deaths rising from 72 to 79.
The number of accidents resulting in injuries increased from 3,437 in the first half of 2024 to 3,740 in the first six months of 2025. This led to 4,860 injured people, up from 4,665 the year before.
The number of people killed and injured in traffic accidents hit a five-year high in 2024.
A total of 142 people died in accidents in 2024, up from 136 deaths the previous year.
