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Negligent cyclist Edmund Kwek Jun Wei jailed after his bicycle collided with runner who fell and fractured skull
Edmund Kwek Jun Wei was sentenced to a week in jail after pleading guilty to causing grievous hurt to another person.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Shaffiq Alkhatib
UPDATED Jun 20, 2025, 02:47 PM
SINGAPORE – A man was cycling along a bicycle path at East Coast Park in October 2024 when he failed to keep a proper lookout and his bicycle collided with a runner. The impact caused the runner to fall, resulting in a fractured skull.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Melissa Heng said that Edmund Kwek Jun Wei, 34, was cycling at a “relatively high speed” of 22kmh at the time. However, this was below the 25kmh speed limit for cyclists in the area.
On June 20, Kwek was sentenced to a week in jail after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt to another person by cycling in a negligent manner.
The 48-year-old victim, who had a subdural haematoma – bleeding near the brain – was rushed to Changi General Hospital (CGH) and admitted to a high dependency ward, under neurosurgery.
A medical report dated Feb 21, 2025, stated that after the accident, she could not detect odours, had vertigo when bending forward and could not hear well with her left ear.
Her sense of taste was reduced, and she also had to engage a speech therapist’s services, the court heard.
DPP Heng told the court that shortly before the accident occurred, just after 6.20am on Oct 22, 2024, the cyclist was looking downwards while cycling at the park in an area lit by street lamps.
When he looked up, he saw the back of the woman, who was then running along a straight path, and his bicycle struck her.
“The impact caused the accused to be flung off his bicycle. Meanwhile, the victim fell to the ground. The victim could not respond to the accused’s questions, and the accused called 995,” said DPP Heng.
Kwek was arrested on Oct 24, 2024, and was charged in court two months later.
The victim was discharged from CGH on Nov 6, 2024. She was also given 90 days of hospitalisation leave.
On Jan 17, 2025, she found that she felt less giddy but still had a persistent inability to detect odours.
A medical report two months later stated that her speech had significantly improved, with “no residual motor deficits”.
DPP Heng said that the woman attended some 19 speech therapy sessions from Nov 11, 2024, to March 13, 2025.
For causing grievous hurt to another person by performing a negligent act, an offender can be jailed for up to two years, fined up to $5,000 or both.
