He left for work at 11pm Thursday and was never seen alive again
A 60-year-old private-hire driver who left home for a night shift and never returned was found dead in his parked car along Bedok Reservoir Road four days later, closing a search his family had begun when silence replaced his expected homecoming. The discovery, made on the afternoon of June 15, has been classified as an unnatural death, and investigators are still working to understand what unfolded in the hours between his departure and his end. His story is a quiet reminder of how the solitary rhythms of night work can place a person beyond the reach of those who love them.
- A man left for work at 11pm and simply never came back — four days passed before the world knew where he was.
- His family's worry turned to a missing persons report on June 13, two days after he disappeared into the night shift.
- Police found him motionless inside his white car behind a residential HDB block, the engine of his working life stilled without explanation.
- Authorities have opened an unnatural death investigation, but no cause and no confirmation of foul play have yet been offered to a waiting family.
- The case surfaces a quiet vulnerability: private-hire drivers work alone, at odd hours, and their absence can go unnoticed until it is too late.
A 60-year-old Gojek driver was found dead inside his white car along Bedok Reservoir Road on the afternoon of June 15, four days after he left home to work a night shift and never returned. Police were alerted around 12:40pm and discovered him motionless in his vehicle parked behind Block 632, where he was pronounced dead at the scene.
He had set out from home at approximately 11pm on June 11, telling his family he was heading to work. By the evening of June 13, when he had still not come home, his relatives reported him missing to the police. The nearly four-day gap between his departure and his discovery left his family with no understanding of what had happened in those hours, or what had led him to that parked car.
Investigations remain ongoing, with authorities yet to release details on the cause of death or whether foul play is suspected. Beyond the individual tragedy, the case draws quiet attention to the isolation that defines much of private-hire driving — irregular hours, long stretches alone, and the difficulty loved ones face in knowing when something has gone wrong. For his family, the search for answers is only beginning.
A 60-year-old private-hire driver working for Gojek was found dead inside his white car along Bedok Reservoir Road on Monday afternoon, ending a four-day search that began when his family realized he had not come home. Police received word of an unnatural death around 12:40pm on June 15, discovering the man motionless in his vehicle parked behind Block 632. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver had left his home at approximately 11pm on Thursday, June 11, telling his family he was heading out to work. When he failed to return by late Saturday evening, June 13, worried relatives contacted the police to report him missing. The gap between his departure and discovery—nearly four days—left his family without answers about what happened during those hours or what led to his death in the car.
Police investigations remain ongoing as authorities work to determine the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death. No details have yet been released about the cause or whether foul play is suspected. The case highlights the vulnerability of private-hire drivers who often work irregular hours and may spend extended periods away from family contact, making it difficult for loved ones to know when something has gone wrong.
The discovery came as Singapore continued its coverage of major news developments across the city-state. On the same day, the Housing Board announced the launch of nearly 7,000 new Build-To-Order flats across seven projects in neighborhoods including Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Bukit Merah, Sembawang, and Woodlands, with some units offering wait times of less than three years. Meanwhile, the World Cup in 2026 was generating headlines as players like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Erling Haaland delivered standout performances in the tournament's early matches.
For the driver's family, however, the focus remained on understanding what happened during those missing days and the circumstances that led to his death in a parked car on a quiet road in the eastern part of the island.
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Family members grew worried when the driver did not return home by late Saturday evening and contacted police— Police report
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What made this case particularly difficult for the family?
The timeline itself—he left at 11pm on a Thursday saying he'd be working, and they didn't report him missing until Saturday night. That's a gap where anything could have happened, and they had no way of knowing.
Do we know if there were warning signs, health issues, anything that might explain it?
Not yet. The police are still investigating. The word "unnatural death" suggests it wasn't straightforward, but that's all we have.
How common is this kind of disappearance among gig workers?
It's one of the vulnerabilities of the work. You're alone in a car, irregular hours, no one checking on you. If something happens—a medical event, an accident, anything—there's no immediate safety net.
The family must have been frantic by Saturday night.
Absolutely. Four days is a long time to not know where someone is, especially when they're supposed to be working. That uncertainty before finding him would have been agonizing.
What happens now with the investigation?
Police will look at the circumstances—the condition of the body, the car, whether there's any evidence of what occurred. But it may take time to understand what actually happened to him.