Cabby dragged motorcyclist under taxi for 26m in fatal hit-a

• Reliefdriver4u

  4 Sep 13, 23:56

  Cabby dragged motorcyclist under taxi for 26m in fatal hit-and-run

   

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  Posed photo of a man in handcuffs. A cabby who rear-ended a motorcycle and dragged its rider under the taxi for the length of a basketball court was jailed for six weeks on Wednesday. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN

  
  

  By Khushwant Singh

  A cabby who rear-ended a motorcycle and dragged its rider under the taxi for the length of a basketball court claimed that he thought he had gone over a road hump.

  Ng Chin Huat, 63, who drove off after the incident, was jailed for six weeks on Wednesday for the fatal hit-and-run. He was also banned from driving for five years.

  In passing sentence, District Judge Low Wee Ping said: "It's highly incredible you did not realise you hit the deceased and had dragged him for about 26m." The court heard that the cabby was driving along East Coast Parkway heading towards Changi Airport at 11.45pm on May 20, 2011, when Mr Hussain came onto the expressway from the slip road from Siglap Link.

  The collision sent the motorcycle crashing into the guardrail. Mr Hussain, 60, a crane operator, was flung off his machine. The taxi ran over him and he was dragged along. Ng pleaded guilty to causing death by a negligent act, failing to stop and for not rendering assistance after an accident.

• Reliefdriver4u

  4 Sep 13, 23:57

  Hmm ... I dun recall any part of the expressway got road hump !!!

• FireIce

  4 Sep 13, 23:59

  2011 

• Reliefdriver4u

  5 Sep 13, 00:10

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  2011 

  Yeah  ...

• j007

  5 Sep 13, 06:04

  Some run over dog say though run over tree branches

  He's story, run over hump..

  anyway he's from ex-SMART

• bowah

  5 Sep 13, 08:59

  Aiya, by now already 65yo, go inside, free food, free lodging and free touring, maybe can meet up with the SCDF chief and those who sex with underage. Sit at the void deck damn boring one ok

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  5 Sep 13, 14:01

  Tat time got a Char bo drive Lexus... at night cyclist also say tot is tree branch... Say her Lexus too sound proof, cannot hear or feel impact...

   

  at night driving in Singapore really got soooooo dark meh...?

• Keepthechange666

  5 Sep 13, 21:14

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  2011 

  This case happen in 2011....

  Only now than pass sentence....

  Sg court si beh bo eng 1 you know....

• Ee Hoe Hean Club

  5 Sep 13, 21:38

  He go inside, he must beware.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3RzTLpMGc

• sinicker

  5 Sep 13, 23:39

  Hi everyone,
  
  In case you do not know, I am the late Mr Hussain's son.