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  • Road Bully’s Dangerous Driving Leaves Girlfriend Dead

    Road Bully’s Dangerous Driving Leaves Girlfriend Dead

    It didn’t matter that he had others in the car with him.

    Or that he had consumed a sedative which can leave users with bad balance, confusion and muscular coordination.

    Eric Leong Teck Wai, 26, went on to bully a taxi driver on the road and his dangerous driving ended up killing his girlfriend.

    Yesterday, the former air-con technician was sentenced to two years and nine months in jail.

    Leong was driving down Hillview Avenue in his new car with his girlfriend and two friends at about midnight on Oct 22, 2013. They were planning to have supper.

    While driving, a taxi pulled to the side to pick up a passenger and Leong gave two short honks before revving his engine and overtaking.

    He then sped towards Bukit Batok East Avenue 2, going at about 80kmh, where the speed limit is 60kmh.

    Leong was not done with the cabby.

    When the taxi caught up with him, Leong slammed his brakes even though there were no vehicles in front.

    The taxi then moved to a different lane, but Leong veered dangerously close to the taxi before speeding off.

    But when he overtook another taxi, he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.

    Leong’s girlfriend, Ms Cheryl Ng, died in the accident.

    FRACTURE

    One of the other passengers, Tan Quan Jin, 18, suffered a fracture in his right thigh and spine, spending three days in hospital.

    The other passenger, Mr Bay Kok Siong, 34, was flung through the windscreen but survived with cuts to his upper body, tenderness on his left foot and a fractured rib.

    A toxicology report later showed that Leong’s blood contained traces of Lignocaine, an anaesthetic, and Phenazepam, a sedative.

    Some of phenazepam’s symptoms include bad balance, slurred speech, confusion and bad muscular coordination. On top of the two charges of dangerous driving, Leong pleaded guilty to two other charges: one of procuring a youth for harassment, and another for abetment of theft in a dwelling.

    In March 2013, Leong, who was working for an unlicensed moneylender, drove a then 15-year-old boy to a flat in Woodlands Drive 14, where the boy splashed paint on the debtor’s unit.

    On Oct 12, 2013, Leong and Tan also broke into a Tanjong Katong bird shop. They stole 10 birds, 12 cages and a laptop, totalling some $6,250, as well as $500.

    In mitigation, Leong’s lawyer Jayakumar Naidu said his client has mild mental retardation, with an IQ of just 63.

    Furthermore, he has been wheelchair-bound since the accident and had metal plates put into his legs during surgery earlier this month.

    He will require more surgery, and District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt agreed to allow Leong to start serving his sentence next Monday.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Driver Allegedly Assaulted In Dispute Over Parking Space

    Driver Allegedly Assaulted In Dispute Over Parking Space

    An argument between two drivers over a parking space at a carpark ended up with a bruised face and a near-miss “accident” for one.

    The incident is said to had happened at carpark of Parkland Green, East Coast Park on 30 May (Saturday) around 6:10pm.

    Mr Yak was waiting for a parking lot after dropping off his wife and kids at the car park when a silver colored car came driving in against the flow of traffic.

    The car then parked in front of the space that Mr Yak was waiting for with his hazard light turned on. As a result, Mr Yak drove his car forward, in front of the silver colored car and wound down his car window to confront the driver.

    The driver in the silver colored car is said to be a middle-aged Caucasian, about 35 years old. And there were two kids seated at the back of the car.

    According to Mr Yak, the driver came down from his car and starting scolding him, “an idiot for being slow” resulting in an argument between the two. All of a sudden, the driver punched him through the car’s window and walked back to his car.

    The force of the punch was so great that it broke Mr Yak’s glasses and resulted in bleeding of his face.

    Despite being stunned from the punch, Mr Yak hurried down from his car and tried to take down the other car’s license plate number.

    “I came down from the car and tried to take down his car number. I stood in front of his car and he just stepped on the accelerator, trying to run me over while escaping.” said Mr Yak.

    He added, “Eyewitness told me his car plate was SGC9154K, but I am not 100%,” There was no video camera on his dashboard to record the incident.

    Mr Yak was subsequently treated at Changi Hospital for his injuries.

    Mr Yak recalled that there were some people around the area, as the car park was situated just in front of the Starbucks and St Marc cafe. He is, however, uncertain if there was any closed-circuit surveillance in the area as there was no electronic gantry at the carpark.

    He has since made a police report on his assault and beseech for eyewitness of the incident to come forward and give an account of the incident. People with information can write into TOC at [email protected] to link up with Mr Yak.

    TOC has written to the police on the reported case and will update here when they have replied.

     

    Source: www.theonlinecitizen.com