A drink driver was given a suspended sentence and a driving ban for the collision between three cyclists along Nicoll Highway on Friday ( Aug 16 ).
The vehicle had no memory of the incident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning and left one of the bikers with numerous fractures and bleeding in the skull.
Mohamed Akhtar Yusoff Marican, a 41-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced to eight months and four weeks ‘ jail, fined S$ 5, 000 ( S$ 3, 790 ) and banned from driving for seven years.
He admitted guilt to three counts of consume driving, driving without due consideration, and not responding to an injury. Another two claims were taken into consideration.
WHAT HAPPENED
After drinking alcohol at a table in the Golden Mile Shopping Centre on June 3, 2022, Akhtar was found driving a rented dark Audi auto home.
Feeling “high”, he drove in the middle alley of Nicoll Highway at around 1.50am on Jun 4, 2022.
A group of five riders were also cycling along Guillemard Road’s left-most street on the Nicoll Highway at the same time.
They were all wearing appropriate safety equipment and had their bike ‘ rear lighting turned on as a group of people planning to routine towards East Coast Park.
At around 2.05am, Akhtar abruptly changed roads, colliding first with a rider aged 48.
The biker was thrown into the air. He flew above the vehicle and hit the ground face-first.
Therefore, in a second collision, Akhtar and another pair of bike, both of which were driven by a 47-year-old man and woman. The girl was thrown into a wall while the person leaned forward after the impact.
Akhtar continued to drive and sped off without realizing he had collided with someone.
A third rider yelled for assistance after lagged behind the three bikers. Another group of riders and people from two stopped vehicles assisted in calling the police and controlling customers.
Only a few minutes later, Akhtar realized the bonnet on his vehicle was damaged, so he parked his car along Sims Avenue and called a friend.
A customers police officer observed Akhtar as he was being tracked down and smelled strongly of beer. Akhtar made amends to this and was taken into custody after failing a breathalyzer exam.
Alcohol content in 100ml of Akhtar’s mouth, over the 35-milliliter control, was determined by a breath factual analyzer test at the customers police headquarters.
The three harmed riders were taken to a doctor. The worst-hit one, who was launched into the atmosphere, suffered injuries to his knee, face and breast.
He had to have his brains rushed to an cerebral pressure monitor in order to stop bleeding, and he eventually had surgery to fix his broken ankle and shoulder blade.
He was hospitalised from Jun 4 to Jun 21 in 2022 and given 52 time’ of hospitalisation left.
The other man rider was discharged the same day with a thigh bruise and right knee pain, while the sexual cyclist was discharged the same day with a knee bruise.
She eventually had a follow-up session for a” trauma to the mind” patient who had a persistent headache that spanned both shoulders and spatial vertigo.
The bike cost S$ 3, 638, S$ 603 and S$ 365 to fix, while the Audi had its entrance bonnet shattered, the entrance gate broken, the top car misaligned, dented and scratched and the left wing picture broken off.
After the incident, the riders called for testimony in a  , Facebook post on SG Road Vigilante, saying a “brother of ours has been badly injured” and that the vehicle’s “reckless activity has almost damage (ed ) 3 people instantly”.
The attorney demanded a seven to eight-year driving restrictions for Akhtar, as well as a great of S$ 5, 000 to S$ 6, 000, and prison terms ranging from nine months and a week to fifteen months and two days.
He noted the wounds on the subjects, especially the first one, and house damage to the motorbikes.
The accused had no recollection of the incident because he was so drunk throughout his pull on Nicoll Highway. The counsel claimed that this was particularly dangerous given that there were several cyclists riding along the Nicoll Highway at this time.
The amount of alcohol in Akhtar’s breath was more than double the legal limit, and there was” no good reason” for him to drive home after drinking hard liquor, he said.
Akhtar has a prior judgment from 2005 for speeding.