Overview
- A collision on the Central Expressway in June 2025 left a 20-year-old motorcyclist dead and two others hurt after a motorcycle struck a stationary car that the driver had left in the middle of the expressway.
- Investigators concluded the 34-year-old driver had driven erratically, fled the scene without rendering assistance, and failed to report the accident within 24 hours before being identified through ground enquiries and police camera images.
- The Health Sciences Authority detected etomidate in the suspect’s blood, his driving licence was suspended, and police arrested him before charging him in court on June 10, 2026 with driving under the influence of etomidate and multiple traffic offences.
- He faces charges including dangerous driving causing death, failing to stop after an accident and removing a vehicle without police authority, with statutory penalties that can include multi-year jail terms, heavy fines and lengthy driving bans.
- Authorities place the case in a wider trend between 2023 and 2025 of drug-linked crashes — including several involving etomidate — and say the rise in such incidents and a 2025 increase in road deaths justify stepped-up warnings and enforcement.