A 17-year-old girl crashed into a Singapore Prison Service vehicle near Yishun Street 22 on 31 Jul. She was on home detention at the time.
The teen had broken her curfew conditions. She failed to return to her residence as required.
Drug Program Led to Home Detention
The girl entered the Drug Rehabilitation Centre on 16 Oct 2024 for drug consumption. She finished her rehabilitation program on 6 Jun and started home detention through a community-based program.
Her conditions included electronic tagging and curfew hours. She had to keep a job or continue studies. Regular SPS visits for urine tests and counselling were mandatory.
On 17 Jul, she broke curfew. She never returned home.
The teen ignored recall orders from SPS for investigation meetings. Her community-based program got cancelled.
Yellow Car Hits Prison Van at Carpark Exit
SPS officers found the teen and a 22-year-old man in a yellow car on 31 Jul around 9:30pm. They were leaving a Yishun Street 22 carpark.
The man driving crashed straight into a prison van full of SPS officers.
Police arrested the teen at 9:40pm near Blocks 269A and 269B Yishun Street 22. She faced charges for ignoring the SPS investigation recall.
The 22-year-old driver got arrested too. His charges included rash driving that endangered lives and driving without a license. Nobody got hurt.
Resident Heard Loud Bang From Window
Jeffrey Kuan, 28, lives nearby and filmed the crash. He heard a loud bang from his window around 9:30pm.
Kuan saw plainclothes officers dragging a handcuffed woman to a grey van. She was fighting back. Several police cars showed up fast.
Another resident told 8world News he saw the arrest happen. He heard the bang when the yellow car hit the grey van. Multiple police vehicles and plainclothes officers filled the scene.
Home detention programs help inmates get back into society at the end of their sentences. SPS takes tough action against people who break these program rules.
The investigation continues.
