A 79-year-old man died on Monday (Dec 22) after being hit by a car in Bukit Batok.The fatal accident occurred along Bukit Batok West Avenue 9 at about 5pm.A now-deleted post on Xiaohongshu showed a blue police tent in the middle of the road and curious onlookers gathered nearby.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said the elderly male pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).A 61-year-old male car driver has been arrested for driving without due care and attention causing death.If charged and convicted of the offence, the driver may face a fine of up to $10,000, or a jail term of up to three years, or both.Police investigations are ongoing.[[nid:727090]]lim.kewei@asiaone.com

A taxi driver was outraged after two passengers, accused of vomiting in his cab, allegedly refused to compensate him and called him a «beggar». The driver, Sam Loo, shared in a Facebook post on Sunday (Dec 21) that the incident took place at around 4.02am that day. He had dropped off the two male passengers at The Gazania condominium in Bartley, alleging that the two men were intoxicated and had vomited in the rear seat. He added that they had refused to pay for the cleaning and were only willing to compensate him $10, in addition to calling him a «beggar». He said he did not accept the compensation.The security personnel on night duty, whom he asked for water to help clean the mess, also allegedly witnessed the incident, said Loo. Photos of the incident showed a car mat covered in tissue, which Loo said was «undigested curry and alcohol» that had been spewed on the rear seat on the right side. According to Loo, the incident meant that he could not continue fetching customers, resulting in a loss of income which he said goes towards his children's studies and family expenses. 

With no money and just a backpack, local content creator Kevin Wee is «going homeless» during the Christmas season.From Dec 23 to 25, the 31-year-old behind social media channel Radical Kindness will walk barefoot around Singapore to raise $30,000 for special needs school MIJ Hub.«I'll bring no money, no food, just a bag, some clothes and rely solely on the kindness of strangers,» he declared in a video uploaded on Saturday (Dec 20).Quipping that this fundraising effort «is my version of a holiday», Wee revealed that he had once walked around half the country in 2021 on a similar premise, sans the charity bit.He called it «one of the most profound» personal life experiences and explained that he wants to reshare the journey with viewers while campaigning for good.

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