The Straits Times
SINGAPORE – A law firm partner travelling in Bukit Timah drove his car forward in a right-turning lane through a red light at a junction and collided into a motorcyclist with enough force to rip off the front of his bumper.
On Nov 8, Brian Ng Pheng Kin, 43, was fined $5,000 and disqualified from holding a driving licence for all classes of vehicles for five years.
Ng, who is a partner at Rajah & Tann, had pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous hurt while driving in a careless manner.
Video footage from Ng’s in-car camera played in court showed him driving in pouring rain in Sixth Avenue in Bukit Timah at 7.19pm on Sept 24, 2023, when he approached another car that had stopped at the junction of Sixth Avenue and Jalan Haji Alias.
The traffic lights for Ng to go straight or turn right at the junction had both already turned red.
But Ng honked several times and the car that had stopped in front of him moved to the left, according to the footage. Ng then proceeded to drive forward and turn left before he hit a motorcyclist who was travelling with the right of way from Ng’s right.
The 29-year-old motorcyclist could be heard screaming in pain upon impact. He was later taken to hospital with a laceration to his calf and a fractured left ankle.
