SINGAPORE – A 50-year-old driver was arrested after a 59-year-old man died following an accident in Ang Mo Kio on the evening of Jan 19 .

In response to queries from The Straits Times, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident involving a car and a pedestrian , at Block 231 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 at about 8.30pm.

The man was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital , where he subsequently died.