SINGAPORE – A director of an oilfield services company is accused of failing to keep a proper lookout while driving and causing a public bus driver to brake to avoid a collision.
Mr Xia Kwok Tian, 68, was said to have suffered serious injuries after falling from his seat on a bus on September 8, 2021, due to Andrew Fatipa’s alleged violation.
During a coroner’s inquest into Mr Saia’s death in 2022, the court heard he suffered a head injury and fractured ribs after a fall. He was taken to the hospital, where his condition worsened.
Determining his death as unfortunate, state coroner Adam Nakoda said he died of ischemic heart disease with multiple organ failure on September 16, 2021.
This disease occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become hardened and narrowed.
Mr Fatipa, 46, a director and shareholder of Sapphire Oilfield Services, was charged in court on February 14 with driving a vehicle without reasonable consideration for other road users. Ta.
According to court documents, the Singaporean was allegedly driving along North Bridge Road towards New Bridge Road just before noon on September 8, 2021, when he allegedly made a sudden left turn onto Liang Sea Road. It is.
The driver of bus No. 175 then applied the brakes to avoid a collision, causing Shea to fall from his seat.
Investigation Officer (IO) Senior Sergeant Firdaus Suleiman earlier said that Mr Shea was arrested by a bus at around 11.30am on September 8, 2021, after visiting a dialysis center on Upper Bunken Road for a medical check-up. , he told the state medical examiner.
Mr Seah was on his way home and planned to get off at the bus stop in front of Bugis Cube shopping mall on North Bridge Road.
The court heard the bus was traveling in the bus lane on the far left of the road at the time.
Fatipa then committed the violation, causing Shea to fall from his seat.
Fatipa’s case was adjourned until March 13.
If you cause serious injury to another person while driving a vehicle without reasonable consideration for other road users, first-time offenders can be sentenced to up to two years in prison and fined up to $5,000 .
Repeat offenders face up to four years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
