Delivery driver fined and banned for causing pedestrian's death
Published on Oct 23, 2014 11:40 AM
By Elena Chong
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SINGAPORE - A delivery driver was fined $7,000 and banned from driving for five years on Thursday for causing the death of a pedestrian.
Chng Seow Kiat, 59, pleaded guilty to failing to keep a proper lookout when his van hit Mr Loo Peck Lay, 61, who was in the midst of crossing the road along the signalised T-junction of Jurong Town Hall Road by Pandan Gardens on Dec 30 last year.
Mr Loo died in hospital the next day from multiple injuries.
A district court heard that Chng was driving at 40 to 50kmh along Jurong Town Hall Road to do his delivery duties when he noticed the light was green as he approached the T-junction by Pandan Gardens.
