Man jailed for dangerous and drink driving in fatal accident
Published on Dec 16, 2011
Chinese national Li Chuanjun (above), 32, was sentenced to 30 months' jail and banned for driving for 15 years. -- PHOTO: ST
By Elena Chong
A private bus driver who beat the red lights and caused the deaths of two people in a car by dangerous driving was jailed for 30 months and banned from driving for 15 years on Friday.
Chinese national Li Chuanjun, 32, admitted to causing the death of sales engineer, Hilary Tan Kia Hark, 45, and his passenger, Ms Wong Kaiyun, 30, also an engineer, by driving dangerously along Mandai Road on June 25.
Li, who also pleaded guilty to drink driving, failed to obey the red traffic light signal while driving across the junction of Mandai Road, causing the bus to hit the right side of Mr Tan's car and resulting in the couple's deaths.
The court heard that just aftr midnight, Mr Tan exited Bukit Timah Expressway into the slip road of Mandai Road towards Yishun Avenue 1 when the lights were in his favour.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
Chinese national Li Chuanjun (above), 32, was sentenced to 30 months' jail and banned for driving for 15 years. -- PHOTO: ST
By Elena Chong
A private bus driver who beat the red lights and caused the deaths of two people in a car by dangerous driving was jailed for 30 months and banned from driving for 15 years on Friday.
Chinese national Li Chuanjun, 32, admitted to causing the death of sales engineer, Hilary Tan Kia Hark, 45, and his passenger, Ms Wong Kaiyun, 30, also an engineer, by driving dangerously along Mandai Road on June 25.
Li, who also pleaded guilty to drink driving, failed to obey the red traffic light signal while driving across the junction of Mandai Road, causing the bus to hit the right side of Mr Tan's car and resulting in the couple's deaths.
The court heard that just aftr midnight, Mr Tan exited Bukit Timah Expressway into the slip road of Mandai Road towards Yishun Avenue 1 when the lights were in his favour.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
