Poly student dozed off while driving, hit 2 standing on footpath

[Ultimate Warrior]

Poly student dozed off while driving, hit 2 standing on footpath

Published on Mar 1, 2012
By Elena Chong

A young driver who dozed off at the wheel and hit two pedestrians standing on the footpath was fined a total of $10,000 on Thursday.

Polytechnic student Koh Kwee Kiat, 20, was also banned from driving for five years after he admitted to two charges of causing death and injuring another in a road traffic accident.

The two pedestrians, both Bangladeshi workers, were waiting for their company transport along Jalan Toa Payoh at about 5.35pm on Jan 16, 2011, when they were hit by Koh's car.

The night before, Koh had spent the whole evening with friends till the next afternoon. He also played a few rounds of mahjong with his friends, and had only a few hours of rest before taking a friend home to Toa Payoh.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[Ganesha]

Very irresponsible driver. Horse car road oso can play play.

 

[Glaringly]

Time for police to implement a doze analyser test?

 

[sta1100]

He should be go for holiday camp, not enought sleep still want to drive

 

[hokkien]

chee by kia if his car hit his parent he will curse and swear whole life.