SINGAPORE: A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an incident at Orchard Road, where a glass bottle was thrown at a moving bus over the weekend.
Police said on Tuesday (Jul 8) that he was arrested over his alleged involvement in a case of rash act causing hurt.
A call for assistance along Orchard Road was received at around 6.50pm on Jul 5. Police said that preliminary investigations found the man had allegedly thrown a glass bottle onto the window of a bus from a pedestrian walkway.
The impact caused the window to shatter, injuring a 57-year-old female bus passenger.
Police said that the suspect's identity was established through follow-up investigations and he was arrested on Tuesday.
"An 18-year-old teenager who was with the man is also assisting with the investigation," they added.
The man will be charged in court on Wednesday with rash act causing hurt. The offence of committing a rash act causing hurt carries a jail term of up to a year, a fine of up to S$5,000 (US$3,902), or both.
The female passenger had been on board bus service 190, which was travelling along Orchard Road at about 6.45pm on Jul 5, according to SMRT Buses deputy managing director Vincent Gay.
Following the incident, the bus captain brought the vehicle to a safe stop and checked on the passengers, he said, adding that those affected were safely transferred to another bus to continue their journeys.
Photos of the incident posted on social media showed a double-decker bus parked outside The Heeren with a badly cracked window on the upper floor of its left side. A hole could also be seen in the window.
The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) then said that the injured woman was taken conscious to Raffles Hospital.
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Police said on Tuesday (Jul 8) that he was arrested over his alleged involvement in a case of rash act causing hurt.
A call for assistance along Orchard Road was received at around 6.50pm on Jul 5. Police said that preliminary investigations found the man had allegedly thrown a glass bottle onto the window of a bus from a pedestrian walkway.
The impact caused the window to shatter, injuring a 57-year-old female bus passenger.
Police said that the suspect's identity was established through follow-up investigations and he was arrested on Tuesday.
"An 18-year-old teenager who was with the man is also assisting with the investigation," they added.
The man will be charged in court on Wednesday with rash act causing hurt. The offence of committing a rash act causing hurt carries a jail term of up to a year, a fine of up to S$5,000 (US$3,902), or both.
THE INCIDENT
The female passenger had been on board bus service 190, which was travelling along Orchard Road at about 6.45pm on Jul 5, according to SMRT Buses deputy managing director Vincent Gay.
Following the incident, the bus captain brought the vehicle to a safe stop and checked on the passengers, he said, adding that those affected were safely transferred to another bus to continue their journeys.
Photos of the incident posted on social media showed a double-decker bus parked outside The Heeren with a badly cracked window on the upper floor of its left side. A hole could also be seen in the window.
The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) then said that the injured woman was taken conscious to Raffles Hospital.
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