Hit & Run Jailed For 5 Months

[Maxus-MIFA9]

Today headline in The New Paper Read : If Only You Had Stopped To Help.

 

Quote : He made an illegal U-turn and knocked down a motorcyclist near Changi Airport. And instead of stopping to help his injured victim, who was flung off his bike, Tew Hock Sew, 64, continued driving and dropped off his friend at the airport.

 

He returned to the scene about five minutes later, but in that time, another car had slammed into the motorcyclist who was trying to get up. Like Tew, the second driver also drove off.

 

Mr. Ghazali Mohammed Noor, 47, died as a result of the second accident.

 

Taken to court, Tew's plea for leniency on grounds that his collision had not caused Mr. Ghazali's death and that he did return to the scene cut little ice with the judge.

 

In her judgement released recently, DJ Salina Ishak blamed Tew for "triggering the series of events that led to the victim's death". She said : "Had he not made the illegal U-turn in the first place, there would not have been a collision between his car and the victim's motorcycle which resulted in him being flung off the motorcycle and landing on the second lane of the road".

 

Tew was sentenced to five months in jail and given a three-year ban from driving, for failing to stop his car to help. The district judge had some harsh words for him. "The accused had shirked both his legal amd moral obligation to stop and remain at the scene as soon as the accident occurred," she said.

 

'so cowardly' ...... had the accused stopped and rendered assistance to the victim, it would have made a difference between life and death. - DJ Salina Ishak, who blamed Tew Hock Sew for not stopping to help Mr Ghazali.

 

 

So many times, vehicles make illegal U-turns and nearly cause accidents if I am not alert....

 

It's a wake up calls to those intended to make any illegal U-turn....

Edited May 26, 2008 by Picnic06

[Apollo]

Tew.... posted before lah.

[Wanderer]

  Quote

So many times, vehicles make illegal U-turns and nearly cause accidents if I am not alert....

 

It's a wake up calls to those intended to make any illegal U-turn....

Just saw a near accident near the junction of AMK hub when this stupid camry making an illegal u-turn and nearly banged into a motorcyclist and a car.....

[Maxus-MIFA9]

Yup.....

 

my point is, those making illegal U-turn and cause accident should use this preceding case and sent them to jail and banned from driving.......

 

 

[Apollo]

make U turn also must go jail meh? dun forget some bikers can b extremely reckless and also there r worst off cases like drink driving.

[Maxus-MIFA9]

dun forget some bikers can b extremely reckless

 

no dispute about that but most motorist would make U-turn even at heavt junction......

 

especially some taxi drivers when seeing a potential passenger at oppersite side of a 2-way street (each with 2 lanes)........ zoom, one u-turn without due care to vehicles behind him & on-coming vehilces.....

 

met so many times at Lor 8, Toa Payoh........

[Hoppie24]

so they found the second driver?

[Maxus-MIFA9]

nothing mentioned about the second driver.....

 

 

[Hectos]

erm....i clearly know upon hitting someone/car, definitely must stop and check.

 

for this case, if this 1st driver did not returned, do you think he will not be convicted?