SG: Driver resentenced to serve a jail term after causing fatal accident
67 year old Mr Sin San Wah was struck by a car driven by Mr Yew Foo along the slip road from Lower Delta Road to Jalan Bukit Merah. The lower court has already fined Yew Foo $10,000 for the fatal crash and $2,500 for drink driving, with a 2 year driving ban. He was resentenced when Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mark Tay, thought that the district judge's sentence was too light, since Yew Foo's actions were beyond negligence; despite being drunk, he chose to drive, risking and disregarding the safety of other road users. Justice Chan Seng Onn, allowed the prosecution's appeal to sentence Wong Yew Foo to a four month jail term on Wong Yew Foo, and increasing his driving ban from 2 to 6 years.
The crash occured at about 9:30pm on the 4th of April back in 2012. Wong, after consuming two bottles of beer was driving along the slip road from Lower Delta Road to Jalan Bukit Merah to drop off a friend. He failed to stop at the stop line, and collided with the retiree who happened to be cycling on the left side of the road.
Yew Foo stopped his vehicle about 4.5 meters away, with the cyclist pinned under his car. The judges gave Yew Foo two weeks to settle his work before serving his jail term on the 12th of July.
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