Drunk jaywalker jailed for causing fatal 5-vehicle crash

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A DRUNK jaywalker who caused a fatal five-vehicle collision on an expressway was jailed for four weeks yesterday.

Jeffrey Ching Fook Soon, 30, pleaded guilty to the negligent act of crossing a section of the Pan-Island Expressway without keeping a proper lookout on the evening of March 15, 2009.

Ching, who was an operations support manager then, walked away from the accident with bruises and abrasions.

But his reckless act resulted in the death of a motorcyclist, who was thrown off his vehicle and run over by a lorry.

The traffic accident involved two cars, a taxi, a lorry and a motorcycle.

A traffic court heard that aircraft service engineer Tan Ching Beng, 47, was driving his car behind one driven by Associate Professor Arthur Tay Ee Beng, 41, along the centre of the three-lane expressway when they saw a blue taxi either slowing down or stopping along the left lane.

They then noticed Ching walking unsteadily across the left lane in front of the taxi.

Suddenly, he turned and walked back towards the left.

Prof Tay, who thought the man had decided not to cross the road, proceeded to drive ahead at a reduced speed.

But Ching suddenly turned back again.

Prof Tay immediately applied his brakes but his car hit Ching, who rolled up the bonnet, hit the front windscreen before rolling down and landing on the expressway.

Mr Tan also braked and swerved left, causing security officer Rajoo Subramaniam Naidu’s motorcycle to hit his car.

The 52-year-old was thrown off the motorcycle and landed in the path of a lorry, which hit him.

Mr Rajoo was trapped beneath the vehicle and dragged along.

His motorcycle had also skidded to the left, crashing into the right rear part of the taxi.

The lorry also hit the back of Mr Tan’s car.

Mr Rajoo was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ching reeked strongly of alcohol. He was found to have 177mg per 100ml of blood. The legal limit for driving is 80mg per 100ml of blood.

He could have been jailed for up to three months and/or fined up to $1,500.
 
Ching reeked strongly of alcohol. He was found to have 177mg per 100ml of blood. The legal limit for driving is 80mg per 100ml of blood.

Why they quote legal limit for driving? Are thy hinting a rule to limit alcohol consumption for drunk jaywalker? :D
 
Why they quote legal limit for driving? Are thy hinting a rule to limit alcohol consumption for drunk jaywalker? :D

The reporter must be drunk. I know there's a rule against drunk driving but I've never heard of any rule against drunk walking let alone legal limit.:D
 
sure kana fined by PAP.......................


so PAP make money when people die........................nothing for the victims, everything go to PAP
 
Stupid reporter/stomper no head no tail.
1. Never state where the drunk man come from eg. alight from car/want to orss the expresway.
2. Never state the location eg. near which exit/ km.
3. Time.
 
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