Lawyer allegedly rolled over motorcyclist’s foot while driving car, causing grievous hurt
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SINGAPORE – A lawyer allegedly failed to keep a proper lookout while driving a car and its front right tyre rolled over a motorcyclist’s left foot, causing grievous hurt to the latter.
On Nov 8, Chan Wan Hong, 51, a director and shareholder at FC Legal Asia, was charged with one count of causing grievous hurt to another person while driving a vehicle without due care and attention.
Chan was driving along Tai Seng Avenue towards Ubi Road 2 at around 9.30am on May 13 when he allegedly failed to keep a proper lookout, leading to the accident.
Details about the motorcyclist’s injuries were not disclosed in court documents.
The case has been adjourned to Dec 12.
If convicted, Chan can be fined up to $5,000, jailed for up to two years or both.
He was the second lawyer to appear in court on Nov 8 for a traffic offence.
In an unrelated case, Brian Ng Pheng Kin, 43, a partner at Rajah & Tann, was fined $5,000
Ng was travelling in Bukit Timah in September 2023 when he drove his car in a right-turning lane through a red light at a junction and collided into a motorcyclist.
Video footage from Ng’s in-car camera was shown in court, and the 29-year-old motorcyclist could be heard screaming in pain upon impact.
The motorcyclist was later taken to hospital with a laceration to his calf and a fractured left ankle.
