SAF colonel gets fine and driving ban for killing elderly pedestrian
10 Jan 2014|3,783 views
45-year old Tan Yan Yee, a Defence Attache at the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, was fined yesterday for $6,000 and banned from driving for three years for negligently causing the death of an elderly pedestrian, reported The Straits Times.
Driving along Yio Chu Kang Road on a rainy day, the Colonel with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) hit 86-year old Mr. Lau Ing See, who was dressed in dark clothes and carrying a white plastic bag. Mr. Lau was killed in the accident that happened at about 8:15pm on 13th November 2011.
District Judge Liew Thiam Leng found that Tan had failed to keep a proper lookout for Mr. Lau, after hearing the evidence of various witnesses during the four-day trial.
Among the prosecution witnesses was Mr. Danny Chua Swee Tien who, Judge Liew noted, gave a very vivid description of how the accident happened when Tan was driving on the extreme right of Yio Chu Kang Road.
Mr. Chua testified that after passing a traffic light junction, he saw the pedestrian about 100 metres away crossing the road. Almost immediately, he saw Tan's car pass him on the right and hit the pedestrian. Mr. Chua also made "a very significant observation", according to Judge Liew. He noticed that the brake lights of Tan's car did not flash, which is "clearly an indication that the defendant did not apply his brakes in this case", said the judge.
Tan said the rain was moderately heavy at the time of the accident while Mr. Chua described it as a drizzle or light shower. Tan could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death by committing a negligent act.
45-year old Tan Yan Yee, a Defence Attache at the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, was fined yesterday for $6,000 and banned from driving for three years for negligently causing the death of an elderly pedestrian, reported The Straits Times.
Driving along Yio Chu Kang Road on a rainy day, the Colonel with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) hit 86-year old Mr. Lau Ing See, who was dressed in dark clothes and carrying a white plastic bag. Mr. Lau was killed in the accident that happened at about 8:15pm on 13th November 2011.
District Judge Liew Thiam Leng found that Tan had failed to keep a proper lookout for Mr. Lau, after hearing the evidence of various witnesses during the four-day trial.
Among the prosecution witnesses was Mr. Danny Chua Swee Tien who, Judge Liew noted, gave a very vivid description of how the accident happened when Tan was driving on the extreme right of Yio Chu Kang Road.
Mr. Chua testified that after passing a traffic light junction, he saw the pedestrian about 100 metres away crossing the road. Almost immediately, he saw Tan's car pass him on the right and hit the pedestrian. Mr. Chua also made "a very significant observation", according to Judge Liew. He noticed that the brake lights of Tan's car did not flash, which is "clearly an indication that the defendant did not apply his brakes in this case", said the judge.
Tan said the rain was moderately heavy at the time of the accident while Mr. Chua described it as a drizzle or light shower. Tan could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death by committing a negligent act.
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