Jail for motorist who causes 2 deaths and injures another
Published on Dec 8, 2011
Sulaiman Osman (above), 50, a security guard, who caused the deaths of a motorcyclist and a pillion through dangerous driving was jailed for nine months on Thursday. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Elena Chong
A motorist who caused the deaths of a motorcyclist and a pillion through dangerous driving was jailed for nine months on Thursday.
Sulaiman Osman, 50, a security guard, was also banned from driving for seven years.
He had admitted to causing the deaths of rider Mr Mohamad Syaffiq Salleh, 20, and his pillion, Mr Muhammad Afiqhizami Mohd Ghazali, 20, by driving at a speed of 146kmh - more than twice the speed limit - along Bukit Batok Road on Dec 12, 2009. The speed limit is 70kmh.
He also pleaded guilty to injuring another motorcyclist, Mr Muhd Safiee Hamid, 19.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
