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CNA
03-06-2025
- Health
- CNA
Driver who left fatally injured cyclist on grass patch after collision gets jail, driving ban
SINGAPORE: A driver who crashed his car into a cyclist moved the severely injured man onto a grass patch and told a witness that he would park his car before returning to call for help. However, Chua Kun Yang, 34, left the scene and did not return, leaving the witness, a taxi driver, to call the police. The victim, 65-year-old Lee Lian Kuang, who was riding a power-assisted bicycle at the time of the collision, died from his injuries later that night. On Tuesday (Jun 3), Chua was sentenced to one year and five months' jail after he pleaded guilty to one count each of driving without reasonable consideration by failing to give way, and of failing to render assistance to Mr Lee. In addition to his jail term, the Singaporean was banned from driving for eight years. Another two charges, involving Chua removing his car from the scene and failing to stop and providing his particulars after the accident, were taken into consideration for his sentencing. Chua, a salesman, was driving his car alone along Punggol Road towards New Punggol Road before the accident on Feb 6, 2023, at about 2am. He then made a left turn to enter Compassvale Street via a slip road, which had a zebra crossing with a "give way" sign. At the time, Mr Lee was riding his e-bike along Compassvale Street and had the right of way. Chua did not slow down and collided with Mr Lee, who fell onto the road motionless. The driver then got out of his car to shift Mr Lee and his e-bike to the grass verge, at the same time also placing Mr Lee's belongings there. A taxi driver who saw the incident moved his taxi behind Chua's car and approached to help. Chua told the taxi driver he was going to park his car before returning to call for help for Mr Lee. Without leaving his particulars, Chua left in his car after about two minutes at the scene. When Chua did not return, the taxi driver called the police for help and provided his in-car camera footage. An ambulance arrived soon after to take Mr Lee to the hospital. He arrived at the hospital unconscious just after 2.50am. He was intubated and given medication but doctors chose not to operate on him due to his poor neurological status and severe traumatic brain injury, which included serious brain bleeding. Mr Lee died from his injuries after 10pm, with his cause of death certified as acute haemorrhage stroke. Chua surrendered to the police at about 7am. Deputy Public Prosecutor Joseph Gwee said that had the witness not been present, Mr Lee could have likely been left unattended for an even longer period of time, if discovered at all. "The timeliness of aid must be a relevant sentencing consideration as the deceased was still alive, albeit unconscious, shortly after the accident," Mr Gwee said. "The accused also did not leave his particulars with the witness. Taken together, the accused's actions of leaving the scene and informing the witness that he would return is irresponsible at the very least. "It also, in our submission, indicative of an attempt to evade the consequences of his actions, and evading arrest, which is an aggravating factor," the prosecution said.
Independent Singapore
08-05-2025
- Business
- Independent Singapore
5-room Sengkang HDB flat sells for $1.058 million
SINGAPORE: A five-room HDB unit joined the million-dollar flat club in April after it fetched a price of $1.058 million, which means it sold for $878 per square foot (psf). Located at 279B Sengkang East Avenue, the 1,206-sq-ft unit is on the 13th to 15th floors of the block and has a remaining lease of almost 90 years. The first time an HDB resale flat was sold in Sengkang for one million dollars was exactly a year ago, when an executive maisonette located on the seventh to ninth floors of Block 205B, Compassvale Lane, changed hands. At the time of its sale, the 1,539 sq ft unit still had 74 years remaining on its lease. Since then, four other units have reached or even breached the million-dollar sale price, with the 279B Sengkang East Avenue sale being the most recent. In early 2015, the unit, which is part of the 14-block Compassvale Ancilla estate, attained its Temporary Occupancy Permit. More million-dollar transactions at Sengkang may be expected, although EdgeProp quotes Lee Sze Teck, director of data analytics at Huttons Asia, as saying that less than 10 per cent of these pricey sales in Singapore so far in 2025 have taken place in non-mature estates. Around 348 HDB units have been resold so far in the first quarter of this year. The vast majority of transactions have been at mature estates, including Toa Payoh (28 per cent), Queenstown (25.9 per cent) and the Central Area (24.4 per cent). EdgeProp pointed out that million-dollar transactions at Sengkang are still very much the exception, 'as the average price for five-room HDB flats in Sengkang, aged 10 years or younger, is below that for similar flats across the island'. The flat at 279B Sengkang East Avenue has, nevertheless, many factors in its favour, including its proximity to the Buangkok MRT Station along the North East Line as well as the Renjong and Ranggung LRT Stations on the Sengkang LRT network. It is also close to Sengkang Grand Mall, Compass One, Kopitiam Square, Rivervale Plaza , Rivervale Market and Food Centre, and Hougang Green Shopping Mall. As many young families in Singapore call Sengkang home, it's unsurprising that the unit is also close to a number of primary schools, including Nan Chiau Primary School, Anchor Green Primary School, Compassvale Primary School, North Vista Primary School, Palm View Primary School, Seng Kang Primary School, and Springdale Primary School. /TISG Read also: Yet another HDB unit resold for million dollars, this time in Sengkang
