Motorist's bad judgment caused death
Judge says if driver had maintained a safe distance, she could have avoided the couple.
Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
Tue, Nov 18, 2008
The Straits Times
A YOUNG motorist who hit an elderly couple, killing one of them, was jailed for a month and banned from driving for five years yesterday.
Customer service coordinator Lee Chau Yeng, 23, pleaded guilty last month to causing the death of Madam Hoh Ah Moy, 66, in Dunman Road on July 24 last year.
Madam Hoh was crossing the road with her husband, Mr Lim Lee Thong, 77, when they were hit. Mr Lim, who is blind in one eye, survived. The couple were going for a medical appointment when the accident happened.
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