The taxi driver had a severe headache and drank some cough medicine and took pills prescribed by his doctor to his girlfriend. Little did he know that an accident would have been caused by the medications.
He drove after taking the medicine. The car ran out of control and hit into a road divider and also knocked down a motorist and a lorry, causing the motorcycle rider to be thrown off and ran over by the lorry.
The fatal accident occurred at 3:52 pm on September 19, 2018, along Sungei Kadut Avenue
The defendant, a 34-year-old taxi driver, Chen De Xiong, pleaded guilty yesterday (12th) to a charge of causing death by a rash act.
The court case revealed that the defendant felt a severe headache after eating lunch at 3 pm on the day of the accident. He decided to drive to his girlfriend’s house to sleep and drink cough syrup along with two Anarex pills prescribed by his doctor to his girlfriend.