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Man drank whiskey, beer before speeding and crashing Lexus into Certis officer at Tuas Checkpoint
Shaffiq AlkhatibThe Straits Times
February 28, 2025
After consuming copious amounts of alcohol, a man drove his white Lexus and was speeding near the Tuas Checkpoint before the car struck an auxiliary police officer who is now in a vegetative state.
Yoong Kok Kai, 44, wanted to drive home from South Bridge Road to Yishun after a drinking session in March 2023. But for unknown reasons, he wound up approaching the checkpoint instead, the prosecution said.
On Feb 27, he pleaded guilty to one count each of causing grievous hurt to another person by dangerous driving and doing so while under the influence of alcohol.
The victim, Mr Ng Yi Shu, 30, who was on duty when the accident occurred, had a traumatic brain injury. Now bedbound and non-communicative, he has to be fed via a tube through his nose.
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His medical and nursing home bills came up to more than $455,000 as at Jan 30. After deducting amounts paid through means such as his insurance, there was still an out-of-pocket payment of more than $10,000.
A search with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority revealed that Yoong is a director at a company called YoungMinds Online.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Esther Lim told the court that Yoong went for drinks at a restaurant in Fraser Street, near Beach Road, at around 5pm on March 23, 2023.
He drank 1½ pints, or about 0.85 litres, of beer before he left and drove to meet his property agent at a South Bridge Road restaurant. There, he drank one-third of a 500ml bottle of whiskey.
At around 10pm, he walked to a nearby pub and shared a three-litre “tower” of beer with a waitress.
He was drunk by the time he decided to go home at around 11.40pm. According to speed cameras, he was speeding along Ayer Rajah Expressway shortly after 12.30am on March 24, 2023.
Court documents stated that the vehicle was travelling at around 134kmh even though the speed limit was 90kmh.
The police’s PolCam network footage later showed Yoong’s vehicle speeding along the Tuas Checkpoint car departure lane viaduct, at speeds of up to 119kmh, more than double the 50kmh limit.
Shortly before 12.50am, PolCam footage showed him speeding along the first lane of a three-lane road at the viaduct.
The road had a bend and security bollards had been set up to cordon off the leftmost lane.
DPP Lim said: “Yet, the accused dangerously sped around the bend. The accused lost control of his car and his car veered right, speeding right through two safety humps intended to reduce vehicle speeds approaching the Tuas Checkpoint.
“(Mr Ng) had noticed the accused’s car speeding around the bend and veering right. Thinking that the accused was going to veer right towards the slip road, the victim quickly ran onto (a) divider behind a safety bollard and safety gantry in an attempt to get out of the way of the accused’s car.”
However, Yoong’s car failed to stay in lane one of the viaduct or take the right slip road.
Instead, it hit the divider, mounted a kerb and struck Mr Ng, causing the latter to be flung into the air. He landed face-first.
Multiple items, including two gantry barriers, a traffic light pole and an observation point hut, were also damaged. The total cost of repairs amounted to more than $37,000 and, to date, Yoong has made no restitution.
The police were alerted and officers arrested Yoong for drink driving. He was later found to have 153mg of alcohol in every 100ml of blood.
This was almost double the legal limit of 80mg of alcohol in the same amount of blood.
Yoong and Mr Ng were taken to the National University Hospital, where the younger man was found to have a severe traumatic brain injury and extensive facial fractures.
Mr Ng went through multiple operations between March and June 2023 before he was transferred to a general ward.
He was discharged to a community hospital on Oct 17, 2023, while awaiting care at a long-term nursing home.
DPP Lim urged the court to sentence Yoong to four years’ jail and a fine of $10,000. She also asked the court to disqualify him from driving all classes of vehicles for 10 years.
The prosecutor said: “The accused has ruined the lives of a young man and his family by his senselessly reckless actions... No matter the amount of economic restitution, the victim’s life, and his family’s, will never be the same, and this is entirely a result of the accused’s folly.”
