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S'PORE STUDENT KILLED IN LONDON Hit-and-run driver arrested
By Bryan Huang
It was believed that the student was dragged from the Royal Free Hospital (above). -- PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
A 50-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Friday in connection with a hit-and-run which killed a Singaporean medical student in Hampstead, London.Miss Tan Mingwei, 20, a medical undergraduate at Cambridge University, was found dead at about 2am near the Belsize Park tube station.
A post-mortem examination at St Pancras mortuary gave the cause of death as multiple injuries, a police statement said on Friday. An inquest will be held at a coroner's court on Monday. A vehicle was also recovered on Friday and was being examined by the London police.Miss Tan was dragged for almost 2km down Haverstock Hill after being struck outside the Royal Free Hospital in Pond Street, Hampstead at about 2am on Thursday. Despite the efforts of ambulance service medics, she was pronounced dead shortly after. Miss Tan, who was at Peterhouse College, was about to go into her third year of her medical sciences degree.
Ms Tan Mingwei (above), 20, was an A*Star National Science Scholarship holder studying medicine at Cambridge University. Police cordoned off an area around the Belsize Park Underground station in London and combed the area for clues to trace the hit-and-run vehicle's movements yesterday. -- PHOTO: WWW.SRCF.UCAM.ORG
A SINGAPOREAN student in London was killed after being hit by a vehicle and dragged almost 2km in the early hours of Thursday morning.Miss Tan Mingwei, 20, a third-year medical undergraduate at Cambridge University, was found dead at about 2am near the Belsize Park Underground station in North London.
Miss Tan, a former student of Raffles Girls' School (RGS) and Raffles Junior College, received an A*Star National Science Scholarship in 2008 to read medicine. She is the younger daughter of playwright and research fellow Tan Tarn How, 49, and his wife, a dentist. They have an older daughter. The distraught family declined comment.
Miss Tan is believed to have been hit by a vehicle near Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital. The motorist in the hit-and-run accident has yet to be found. Some reports said the vehicle was a lorry while other witnesses said they saw a black saloon car braking suddenly in the area around the time of the accident.
A 50-year-old bus driver was arrested by the British police on suspicion of careless driving which caused the death of Ms Tan Mingwei and failing to stop at the scene of the accident . -- PHOTO: AFP
A LONDON bus driver arrested for allegedly causing a fatal collision which killed a Singaporean was released on bail on Saturday. The New Scotland Yard, the police headquarters there, said that the 50-year-old man will return to a North London police station later this year pending further enquiries.
The man was arrested by British police the day before on suspicion of careless driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.An inquest will open at St Pancras Coroner's Court on Monday.The 20-year-old victim of the accident, Ms Tan Mingwei, has been formally identified by her family.
Ms Tan who was studying Medicine at Cambridge University's Peterhouse College is believed to have been hit by a vehicle near Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital, and then dragged for almost 2km early on Thursday morning. She was pronounced dead on the spot. Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
AFTER investigations are completed, police can decide if charges should be made. But in this case, they are expected to send a comprehensive file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, for the Director there, together with his team of top criminal lawyers, to decide if charges should be preferred.
A senior officer with the Metropolitan Police Collision Investigation Unit told The Straits Times on Monday that inquiries revealed a black car photographed by CCTV braking suddenly near where the body was found was not concerned in the accident.'The double-decker bus was the only vehicle involved,' the officer said. An inquest into Miss Tan's death was opened and immediately adjourned at St Pancras Coroner's Court on Monday by the Acting Deputy Coroner Ms Suzanne Greenaway. This is normal procedure, because so many inquiries have still to be made. Mingwei's parents, Mr and Mrs Tan Tarn How, were not at the court.
One Singapore student went to the court - others may have been deterred, because a massive Underground strike severely disrupted transport throughout London. Aged 22 and studying in Cambridge, he declined to give his name, but told The Straits Times: 'It took me over an hour to cycle from my home to reach the court. It's the first time I have ridden a bicycle in five years.
'Mingwei was a good friend and I was delegated to come here by three other friends, to report back on the court proceedings. We did not know the inquest would be opened and immediately adjourned. 'Mingwei was the most-rounded student I have ever known. She studied hard and was academically superb - but she also took part in many university events and activities, including even karate. I will miss the intellectually-stimulating and interesting discussions we had with her.
'I had hoped to pass our condolences on to Mr and Mrs Tan, but they are not at court.' The parents continue to ask, through police, to be left to grieve in private. One mystery remains about Miss Tan: What was she doing out so late? She was hit and killed at 1.50am on Thursday. New Scotland Yard told The Straits Times: 'We are not investigating this aspect of the tragedy. It has no bearing on the accident.'
Penalties driver faces
The Ministry of Justice in London told The Straits Times that the the charge of driving without due care and attention carries a maximum penalty of a 2,500 pound fine. Failing to stop after an accident carries a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment and/or a fine up to 5,000 pounds.
The spokesman said there are no minimum penalties for either offence - a judge or magistrate could impose no penalty if circumstances warranted this. But the imposition of no penalty would be extremely rare in a case where somebody was killed. The spokesman added that the law provided for minimum penalties only in more serious cases, such as rape, murder, terrorism offences etc. - By Alfred Lee in London.
The 50-year-old driver of the bus, who continued his journey without slowing or stopping after the accident, has said in a statement to police there was no sound of him hitting anybody. -- PHOTO: AFP
LONDON - POLICE on Monday appealed for passengers in a double-decker bus which hit and killed Singaporean medical student Tan Mingwei to come forward to help in their investigations. Investigators want to know if they heard any unusual noise as the bus passed Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London - the point of impact. The 50-year-old driver of the bus, who continued his journey without slowing or stopping after the accident, has said in a statement to police there was no sound of him hitting anybody. Police want to know if passengers on the bus heard the collision with Miss Tan. The large, noisy engine of the double-decker bus is at the rear of the vehicle and the driver can seal off his compartment with a thick, sliding plastic security window, which may or may not have muffled the sound of a pedestrian being struck.
One of the charges the driver faces is failing to stop after an accident. The other possible offence is driving without due care and attention. A charge of manslaughter has been ruled out. Te driver has been released on police bail after being arrested and having been kept in custody for over two days, pending further inquiries. A New Scotland Yard spokesman told The Straits Times: 'In England, being bailed does not require payment of money as is the case in America. We have a lot more inquiries still to make and it woud be unfair to keep somebody in custody for a long period of time, without being charged. The driver will have to appear again before police, probably in November.'
