A 19-year-old man was found dead at the foot of an HDB block in Queenstown on Thursday (26 Dec).
A video sent in to citizen journalism website STOMP showed a police car at the carpark of SkyVille @ Dawson, a BTO development along Dawson Road.
Source: Google Maps
Beyond the police car, a blue tent could be seen in the middle of the road.
A number of police officers were conducting investigations at the scene.
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted to a case of unnatural death at about 11.35am on 26 Dec to
A 19-year-old was found motionless at the foot of Block 88 Dawson Road — one of the blocks that comprise SkyVille @ Dawson.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
Police investigations are ongoing.
A similar incident took place in May last year when a 19-year-old man was found dead at a nearby block in Queenstown.
The teen had fallen to his death from Block 89 Dawson Road — one of the blocks that comprise SkyTerrace @ Dawson.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The most recent death took place on the same day that a 36-year-old foreign man was found dead along Telok Blangah Road.
He was lying under an overhead bridge, which he is thought to have fallen from, on Thursday.
Police also found a suitcase on the bridge that was believed to have belonged to him.
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Featured image adapted from Google Maps.