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Oct 18, 2010
P-driver fined for fatal accident
By Elena Chong
A PROBATIONARY driver who caused the death of a taxi passenger by a negligent act was fined a total of $9,000 on Monday on two charges. District Judge Low Wee Ping also banned Gabriel Lim Yong Han, 21, from driving for 12 months. Lim, who pleaded guilty, was driving his father's lorry which had encroached into the path of a taxi when he unlawfully drove across two double white lines from a slip road of Bishan Street 11 into Braddell Road on Dec 27, 2008.
The collision resulted in the death of rear seat passenger Tan Sheng Ping, 28, an accountant. He also admitted causing hurt to cabby Teo Cheng Liang, 41, by doing an act so negligently as to endanger life at 1.53am that day. The court heard that Ms Tan, who was not buckled up, suffered serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where she died abut 2 1/2 hours later.
Defence lawyer Derek Kang said his client was a young and inexperienced driver at the time, having obtained his driving licence in April that year. Lim could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death by doing a a negligent act. The other offence is punishable with up to six months and/or a fine of up to $2,500.
