According to a court session, a Grab Food delivery rider was sentenced(July 5) to 7 weeks in prison and fined SGD$500 after colliding with a pedestrian on a footpath at Sengkang.
The female victim who works as a hairdresser suffered numerous injuries including a fractured pelvis & elbow, this has affected the woman’s livelihood as her job requires her to stand for lengthy periods of time.
38-year-old Samuel Lim Yong Choon admitted to the charges for causing grievous hurt by a rash act endangering personal safety and riding his E-scooter footpath.
How it happened
On 29 April 2020, Lim was speeding down the footpath of Rivervale Drive on his E-scooter at approximately 1.50 PM.
The victim was walking down the stairs from Kangkar LRT station to a walkway. Lim who was speeding saw the victim but did not slow down as at that moment he believed that he could maneuver his way through by speeding up like a MotoGP racer. He collided with the woman and the impact caused her to fall to the ground.
The victim who was weeping demanded Lim for his NRIC but he refused and tried to escape. A member of the public who witnessed the accident stopped Lim and he finally surrenders his NRIC.
Lim and a member of the public took the victim to a nearby clinic which cost SGD$50 and Lim foot the bill, she was later sent to the hospital the seriousness of her injuries which incurred a hospital bill of over SGD$930 and Lim has since repaid for it.