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A former bus driver has pleaded guilty to causing the a prominent professor’s wife’s death. She was killed when the bus he was piloted ploughed her down at a pedestrian crossing in Clementi on the 23rd of April 2013. The driver, 48 year old Chan Mun Hing, was initially sentenced to a more severe charge of driving rashly which resulted in the death of Madam Zhang Huirui. For the offence, her could have been charged to a five year jail sentence or fined or both. Chan will be sentenced on the 28th of Feburary, which may see him face a jail term of up to 2 years. Pictures used for illustration purposes only.

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55-year old Mr. Lee Kim Huat, a private bus driver, ran over and killed Sakthivel Kumaravelu, 33, an Indian national, at Little India on the 8th of December last year. The fatal accident sparked off Singapore’s first mass riot since the 60s. Mr Lee was found not guilty after videographic and photographic evidence supplied by the traffic police. Based on their findings, Mr. Sakthivel had 3 times the legal amount of alcohol concentration in his blood at the time of the accident, and was 'moderately to severely intoxicated'. Before the accident, he board the private bus as Tekka Lane that would bring him back to the dormitory in Jurong. However, he decided to drop his Bermuda shorts, and was asked to get off. He then chased the bus, and ended up meeting his maker, for despite of the bus’s relatively low speed of about 5.6km/h to 5.9km/h, Mr Sakthivel was killed when he stumbled and fell into the path of the bus.