Singapore: A 25-year-old Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a Singapore court for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years for causing the death of a compatriot worker and injuring 14 others.
Wheelchair-bound Periyasamy Jayapraksh pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mathialagu Kathiravan, 19, when his lorry collided head-on with another another truck on July 3, 2012, The Straits Times reported.
He also admitted to causing injuries to 14 others including the truck driver, all Indians, through his negligence. In sentencing on Tuesday, District Judge Lee Poh Choo took into consideration the charge of causing injury to other passengers of the vehicle.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Andrew Low had sought a jail term of two to three months and a driving ban of five to eight years as the accident was solely caused by Jayaprakash. ...
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