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CNA
6 days ago
- CNA
Driver jailed for colliding into woman along church driveway, causing multiple fractures
SINGAPORE: A woman on the way to church with her children hit another woman within the church compound after driving negligently around a bend, pinning the victim's leg under a wheel. The victim, an unemployed woman with special needs, sustained multiple fractures as a result. Monica Cara Tew Lai Yee, 46, was sentenced on Thursday (Aug 7) to seven days' jail. She was also banned from driving for two years and ordered to pay the victim compensation of about S$19,600 (S$15,260). This is the sum the victim incurred in medical bills and related expenses after the impact fractured her elbow and knee and left her with bruises on her face and feet. The court heard that Tew drove her car to the Church of the Holy Spirit on Upper Thomson Road at about 11am on Aug 18, 2024, to attend a church service. While navigating the church driveway, she approached a junction marked with a yellow box and prepared to make a right turn. At the same time, the 46-year-old victim - who had been walking along the driveway - reached the yellow box and stopped. However, Tew did not see her and proceeded to turn right, colliding with the woman and rolling over her leg. She quickly alighted to help, along with three nearby church volunteers. Realising that the victim's leg was still under the wheel, Tew drove the car forward before returning to help the victim, who was bleeding around her mouth and had a swollen leg. Another two church volunteers, who were doctors, and the victim's father later stepped in to help. Tew remained at the scene until the ambulance arrived. POST-IMPACT The victim fractured her elbow and knee and sustained bruises to her feet and face. She also had lacerations on her lip and abrasions over her shin. Surgery was initially planned for her fractured knee but later cancelled due to high operative risk. It was conservatively managed instead and placed in a cast followed by a brace. A medical report dated May this year stated that the victim had intermittent left knee pain while walking. She said she could walk at home without aids, but required a trolley when walking outside. She still attends physiotherapy regularly, and her parents said her day-to-day function is still limited as she requires assistance for daily living. In all, she was on hospitalisation leave for 339 days. In December 2024, Tew informed the police that she was willing to give the victim a sum of S$15,000 as compensation for the expenses incurred up to that point. Tew pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous hurt by a negligent act by failing to keep a proper lookout. SEVEN PAST SPEEDING VIOLATIONS The prosecutor sought one to two weeks' jail and a driving ban of two years. She said the closed-circuit television footage showed Tew's car moving at a "relatively fast speed", in an area where regular human traffic was to be expected. Church visitors had to walk through the driveway to enter or leave the church compound, so even more care and attention was required when driving in that area, she said. Tew has seven past speeding violations between 2007 and 2021 and had beaten a red light in 2016. In mitigation, Mr Terence Seah and Mr Joavan Pereira from JWS Asia Law sought a fine of S$4,000 and a nine-month driving ban. They said the unfortunate incident occurred while Tew was driving three of her children to church on a Sunday. Mr Seah said it was difficult for the victim to be seen by drivers as she was walking on a driveway along a bend as opposed to on a pavement or walkway. As the victim suddenly stopped in her tracks while on the driveway, she remained in a blind spot. ACCUSED SUFFERS SEVERE GUILT: DEFENCE Mr Seah said his client has no prior criminal convictions and had not been in any other accidents since obtaining her driving licence in 1997. This incident was "a one-off indiscretion" that she regrets, he added. In a police statement in January 2025, Tew said she was "extremely remorseful" over this incident and prayed for the victim's full recovery every day, her lawyers wrote in the mitigation plea. She has also been harbouring "severe guilt" over the incident and plagued by "intrusive thoughts of the incident and frequent thoughts that she is a horrible person", said the lawyers. She was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in July and has been getting psychiatric treatment. In sentencing, District Judge Eddy Tham noted that the victim still suffered pain in her knee about eight-and-a-half months after the accident. He also noted that the speed of the car was travelling "relatively fast" given the fact that Tew was going around a bend, where she would have a shorter reaction time if there was anyone walking around the area. "I note that she has a far from exemplary driving record, with multiple instances of speeding," said Judge Tham. However, he acknowledged Tew's remorse in how she stayed back to help the victim and offered compensation.
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Lamborghini driver gets a taste of karma after brainless move on Sydney's iconic Bronte to Coogee walk
A white Lamborghini came to a dramatic end on Sydney 's iconic Bronte-to-Coogee walk after it flew off the road at the notorious Bronte bend and slammed into a fence - just metres from shocked pedestrians. The high-end vehicle, veered off Tamarama Marine Drive around 4.30pm on Tuesday, mounting the kerb and crashing through the barrier on the edge of the packed coastal path. Emergency services rushed to the scene, and miraculously, no one was injured. The driver, a 22-year-old man, returned a negative result to both roadside breath and drug tests but was issued a traffic infringement notice for negligent driving following police inquiries. 'Not the kind of street art we like to see on the Bronte bend,' one local page joked, sharing a picture of the mangled Lamborghini. Many residents weren't surprised. 'This guy's always hooning up and down, exhaust screaming,' said one commenter. 'Honestly, good outcome no one was hurt.' 'Karma,' another said.
ABC News
29-07-2025
- ABC News
Cheyanne Logan-Radford sentenced for negligent driving leading to death of 3yo son
A magistrate has implored a young Tasmanian mother to turn her life around after she was given a suspended prison sentence for negligent driving that caused the death of her 3-year-old son. Cheyanne Taylor Logan-Radford wept in the Launceston Magistrates Court as her sentence was handed down, 16 months after the car she was driving while under the influence of drugs crashed near Lefroy, in the state's north. Her five-month imprisonment was fully suspended for two years and was accompanied by a 12-month community corrections order on the condition Logan-Radford addressed her drug use. The 26-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to negligent driving causing death, as well as a string of other offences, including stealing a motor vehicle and driving under the influence of drugs. Magistrate Simon Brown acknowledged she had already "suffered very significantly" as a result of the tragedy. However, he said her lapse in judgment was "a very serious one". Logan-Radford's two young children were in the car when the crash occurred in the early hours of March 22, 2024. "Neither child was properly secured [with child restraints]." A request by Logan-Radford's lawyer for a home detention order was denied, with Magistrate Brown saying the defendant's housing had been "a moveable feast" in recent months. Magistrate Brown said Logan-Radford's future would be "bleak" unless she made a concerted effort to tackle her drug dependency. "Drugs have been an issue and appear, to some extent, to remain an issue," he said. He said she had displayed a "pattern of concerning and antisocial behaviour" since the incident, having been charged with unlawful possession of a knife while in a public space earlier this month. Magistrate Brown said her life was now at a crossroads. Logan-Radford was also suspended from driving for three years and received more than $1,300 in fines.
ABC News
09-07-2025
- ABC News
NSW man charged over alleged Lavington hit-and-run that left boy critically injured
A man has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run in southern New South Wales that left a young child critically injured more than six months ago. Joel Crighton, 27, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with six offences, including failing to stop and assist, negligent driving and causing bodily harm by misconduct. Emergency services were called to Dick Road in Lavington near Albury on January 10 after reports that a child had been hit by a vehicle that allegedly left the scene before police arrived. Paramedics treated the four-year-old for a suspected head injury before he was flown to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition. Police said a black ute that was seized during the investigation had been forensically examined. Mr Crighton's matter was heard in the Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday. He did not apply for bail is expected to face Albury Local Court on July 14.
The Herald
04-07-2025
- The Herald
Two children playing with scooter bumped by police van
Police in Lebowakgomo in Limpopo have opened a case of reckless and negligent driving for investigation after an officer allegedly bumped into two children. The accident occurred at noon on Wednesday in Lebowakgomo Zone F, spokesperson Brig Hlulani Mashaba said. 'According to preliminary reports, the male police officer was driving alone in a state vehicle when he allegedly struck the two children, who were playing with a scooter on a street in the area.' 'Emergency services responded swiftly and the children were transported to a nearby facility for medical attention. Fortunately, they sustained only minor injuries and were discharged.' They are eight and 12 years old. 'The exact circumstances surrounding the incident will form part of the ongoing investigation being conducted by the police.' TimesLIVE
