A motorist serving a driving ban that is in force until August next year was yesterday charged with offences related to a hit-and-run accident in Tampines last Sunday.
Tong Chee Wei, 32, who is self-employed, is accused of having been behind the wheel of a car while serving a 11/2-year driving ban.
He is also said to have driven without insurance coverage.
A third charge accuses him of dangerous driving; he allegedly failed to stop at a red light and hit a pair of twins aged 12 at a pedestrian crossing at about 10am.
He was also charged with failing to stop after the accident and failing to render assistance.
One of the boys had abrasions on his face and limbs while the other dislocated an elbow and had abrasions on his hands and legs.
Tong’s lawyer Josephine Tay told the court that she had just taken on the case and sought a six-week adjournment to look into it.
District Judge Wong Li Tein allowed Tong to go on a business trip to Thailand next week.
He is now out on $15,000 bail and will be back in court on Aug 23.
For driving while banned from doing so, he could be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $10,000.
For dangerous driving, the maximum punishment is a $3,000 fine and a one–year jail term.
Tong Chee Wei, 32, who is self-employed, is accused of having been behind the wheel of a car while serving a 11/2-year driving ban.
He is also said to have driven without insurance coverage.
A third charge accuses him of dangerous driving; he allegedly failed to stop at a red light and hit a pair of twins aged 12 at a pedestrian crossing at about 10am.
He was also charged with failing to stop after the accident and failing to render assistance.
One of the boys had abrasions on his face and limbs while the other dislocated an elbow and had abrasions on his hands and legs.
Tong’s lawyer Josephine Tay told the court that she had just taken on the case and sought a six-week adjournment to look into it.
District Judge Wong Li Tein allowed Tong to go on a business trip to Thailand next week.
He is now out on $15,000 bail and will be back in court on Aug 23.
For driving while banned from doing so, he could be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $10,000.
For dangerous driving, the maximum punishment is a $3,000 fine and a one–year jail term.
PS:
The driver involved is not a cabby.
But his father is.
His father had repeated told him not to drive while under driving ban.
But he refused to listen to him.
Luckily to him, the 2 boys were not seriously injured.
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