Van Caught Tearing Metal Bumper Off Porsche; Helpful Stranger Left Note To Inform Porsche Owner

The first day of April is known as April Fool’s Day. This means you can joke around and restore the peace with a “Happy April Fool’s, you fool!”

For the vast majority, it’s a day of laughter and jokes – some of which held some truth.

However, for some others the day was not as enjoyable. On this particular day, a Porsche owner was left with a big mess to clean up.

He probably wished it was a non-harmful joke when he first caught wind of it but unfortunately, this was no laughing matter.

Van driver fled after damaging Porsche

According to Stomp, a hit-and-run accident took place at Block 165 Bukit Merah Central on 1 April 2019. Nobody was injured but something was disfigured – a properly parked Porsche.

A portion of the front bumper is clearly torn off the vehicle’s body and lying limply on the ground.

A stomper who goes by the name of Alex Ng, who happens to be the cousin of the Porsche owner, then sent a footage captured via his friend’s in-car camera to Stomp. Through the clip, the van can be seen reversing beside the white Porsche before exiting the car park.

Relying on the video alone was impossible because it wasn’t clear if the van was truly responsible for causing damage to the Porsche as it could have been damaged prior to that by another driver. Furthermore, the camera was unable to capture details of the van as well as the face of the driver.

Witness confirms the Van driver was the culprit

While it seems like all hope was lost, a witness appeared like the light at the end of the long and dark tunnel. Stomp noted that Alex discovered a note left by a passer-by for his cousin which included the time of the incident, and his contact details in the event they required a witness to testify.

Well done, stranger.

In addition to the note provided by the witness, Facebook page, ROADS.sg has confirmed that the van’s car plate number is GBD27D.

Hit-and-run is a crime in Singapore

According to the Singapore Police Force, “when a driver collides with a stationary or parked vehicle and leaves the accident scene, the driver has committed an offence of “hit-and-run”.” In such cases, drivers should leave their particulars such as their name, contact number, vehicle number, as well as the time and date of the accident so that owners of the parked vehicles can get in touch with them.

In addition, drivers (like the infamous van owner) who flee after damaging stationary vehicles will still be guilty for hit-and-run even if they failed to provide their contact information.

And if you haven’t already done so, do yourself and everyone a favor – get an in-car camera. For all you know, you might be saving yourself some trouble on the road.

Lest you live in 1990s, here’s one fact: newer in-car cameras can continue to record when the car is parked, so you can use it to find jokers who hit you even when you’re miles away from your car.

And by the way (plugging this because the boss says so), if you intend to get a used car, you can check out our latest YouTube video whereby we list down the mistakes you shouldn’t make when purchasing a second-hand car: