SGA 36-year-old Singaporean driver, Samuel Gomes-Lim Jia'En, was fined $8,000 and banned from driving for three years after consuming alcohol to hide his elevated breath alcohol levels following a car accident. The incident occurred on April 14, 2024, near his home in the Dairy Farm area after he and his companion, Claire Sng Wei Ying, consumed alcoholic soda during a beach lunch. After crashing into a pillar, Gomes-Lim and Sng fled the scene but were eventually caught by residents and security. Gomes-Lim asked Sng to provide him with a bottle of gin, which he drank while waiting for police. When tested, his breath alcohol level was found to be 73 mcg per 100ml, exceeding the legal limit of 35 mcg. In December 2025, Sng was separately fined $10,000 for her role in helping him conceal the alcohol consumption. Singapore recently amended traffic laws to further reduce the legal alcohol limit for drivers.
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