52-year-old Maserati driver Wong Kim Punn, who ran over an elderly pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident and drove away, pleaded guilty last month to multiple charges under the Road Traffic Act.
He was also involved in another traffic accident back in 2019, where he drove along the junction of Ophir Road and Victoria Street in December that year and collided with a cyclist.
Wong, who used to run businesses including one named Fragrant Florist, was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment and fined $800 earlier today (23 March) and has also been disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licenses for 5 years from his date of release from prison.
What happened?
Wong was driving his Maserati along East Coast Road on 9 July 2020 at about 11 pm when he hit 85-year-old pedestrian Foo Kok Kam who was crossing the road slowly at the time.
His car was seen in footage obtained by the prosecution hitting the elderly man, sending the elderly victim flying into the air before landing on the road.
Chee Ee Ling, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, had previously said in earlier court proceedings that after running over the elderly victim, Wong slowed down his car for a while but didn’t stop and drove away from the scene without getting out to render assistance to the victim.
A police report was subsequently lodged by an eyewitness about Wong’s blue coloured car knocking down the elderly victim.
The Maserati was later seized and sent to the Health Sciences Authority, as well as the victim’s shorts, where investigators found materials from the victim’s shorts that could have come from the Maserati’s right fender and bonnet.
The victim suffered multiple fractures in his pelvic area, among other injuries, and was given hospitalisation leave of 43 days and bound to a wheelchair for more than 2 months.