Ex-bus driver involved in Clementi fatal accident pleads guilty
15 Feb 2014|2,631 views
The Straits Times reported that a former bus driver pleaded guilty yesterday to driving negligently and causing the death of the wife of a prominent professor at a pedestrian crossing in Clementi on 23rd April last year.
Chan Mun Hing, 48, initially faced the more serious charge of driving rashly and causing the death of Madam Zhang Huirui, for which he could have been jailed for up to five years or fined or sentenced to both. Urging the district court to jail Chan for at least two weeks, Deputy Public Prosecutor Allison Phua said the accused was driving a heavy vehicle and that the accident occurred when Madam Zhang had the right of way.
Pleading for a jail term of less than a week, defence counsel Lim Hin Chye said Chan was supposed to have a day off on the day of the accident, but he opted to work to supplement his income and that could have resulted in his lack of concentration. The lawyer added that he was also driving a double-decker bus for only the third time in his two years as a bus driver.
Chan will be sentenced on 28th February. He could be jailed for up to two years, or fined, or both.
The Straits Times reported that a former bus driver pleaded guilty yesterday to driving negligently and causing the death of the wife of a prominent professor at a pedestrian crossing in Clementi on 23rd April last year.
Chan Mun Hing, 48, initially faced the more serious charge of driving rashly and causing the death of Madam Zhang Huirui, for which he could have been jailed for up to five years or fined or sentenced to both. Urging the district court to jail Chan for at least two weeks, Deputy Public Prosecutor Allison Phua said the accused was driving a heavy vehicle and that the accident occurred when Madam Zhang had the right of way.
Pleading for a jail term of less than a week, defence counsel Lim Hin Chye said Chan was supposed to have a day off on the day of the accident, but he opted to work to supplement his income and that could have resulted in his lack of concentration. The lawyer added that he was also driving a double-decker bus for only the third time in his two years as a bus driver.
Chan will be sentenced on 28th February. He could be jailed for up to two years, or fined, or both.
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