A 31-year-old project manager was fined S$8,000 and disqualified from driving for six years for a negligent act that killed a teenage motorcyclist.
Chia Choon Kiang had failed to keep a proper lookout when he was driving a car at a cross junction at Jurong West Avenue 5 on the morning of August 25, 2009.
His vehicle hit 19-year-old Ganesan Revi Chandran and his pillion rider, 18-year-old Brendon Kok Chun Kai.
The two unemployed teenagers were sent to the National University Hospital and
Mr Ganesan, who suffered injuries to his head and spine, was later pronounced dead.
Mr Kok who survived the crash, fractured his spine and had to be warded for a week.
He was discharged on September 1, 2009 and given about 150 days of medical leave.
Defence counsel Lim Kim Hong told District Judge Sarjit Singh that her client was on his way home from work when the accident took place.
Ms Lim added that Chia, who was tired, was also on medication that morning.
She asked the judge to give her client a "reasonable fine and a reasonable period of disqualification".
Assistant Public Prosecutor Gayathri Krishnan however told the court that Chia had committed other traffic offences before this case.
He was fined S$1,000 for speeding in 2005.
He was fined another S$2,400 and disqualified from driving for 18 months for drink driving that year.
Chia pleaded guilty Tuesday to one of the two charges against him.
For the negligent act, he could have been jailed up to two years, fined, or both.
Chia Choon Kiang had failed to keep a proper lookout when he was driving a car at a cross junction at Jurong West Avenue 5 on the morning of August 25, 2009.
His vehicle hit 19-year-old Ganesan Revi Chandran and his pillion rider, 18-year-old Brendon Kok Chun Kai.
The two unemployed teenagers were sent to the National University Hospital and
Mr Ganesan, who suffered injuries to his head and spine, was later pronounced dead.
Mr Kok who survived the crash, fractured his spine and had to be warded for a week.
He was discharged on September 1, 2009 and given about 150 days of medical leave.
Defence counsel Lim Kim Hong told District Judge Sarjit Singh that her client was on his way home from work when the accident took place.
Ms Lim added that Chia, who was tired, was also on medication that morning.
She asked the judge to give her client a "reasonable fine and a reasonable period of disqualification".
Assistant Public Prosecutor Gayathri Krishnan however told the court that Chia had committed other traffic offences before this case.
He was fined S$1,000 for speeding in 2005.
He was fined another S$2,400 and disqualified from driving for 18 months for drink driving that year.
Chia pleaded guilty Tuesday to one of the two charges against him.
For the negligent act, he could have been jailed up to two years, fined, or both.
