A 37-year-old woman died at the scene after being run over by a tipper lorry while cycling in Katong. The 47-year-old male lorry driver was arrested.
Responding to queries from Lianhe Zaobao (LHZB), the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to a serious accident at the junction of Amber Road and Amber Gardens at about 3.15pm on Wednesday (11 November).
The police confirmed that the accident involved a tipper lorry and a bicycle. The woman cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by SCDF paramedics.
Footage circulating online shows a lorry with a white cab and yellow tipper body stopped near the junction, with several police officers investigating at the scene. The police cordoned off part of the road with tape and traffic cones and erected a blue tent on the pavement beside the lorry. Yellow markers were also placed nearby.
Other footage shows several police officers working on a grass verge at the scene, some wearing high-visibility vests.
The Land Transport Authority also said in a social media post that day that an accident on Amber Gardens, after Amber Road in the direction of Tanjong Katong Road South, had resulted in a road closure.
The police said the tipper lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of driving without due care and attention causing death.
The fatal cycling accident has drawn attention as traffic accidents involving cyclists have been on the rise this year.
According to official police statistics, traffic accidents involving cyclists surged from 620 in 2024 to 772 in 2025, an increase of nearly 25%. Cyclist fatalities also rose from 13 the previous year to 17 in 2025.
Investigations are ongoing.
