Fatal Chinatown accident: Woman charged with causing death of 6-year-old girl; gag order issued

SINGAPORE - The car driver who allegedly caused an accident in Chinatown on Feb 6 that left a six-year-old girl dead and her mother seriously injured was charged on April 8.

Accompanied by her husband, the woman, 38, arrived at the State Courts around 8.25am.

She was handed two charges.

One was for driving without due care and attention, causing the death of the girl, and the other for driving without due care and attention, causing grievous hurt to the girl’s 31-year-old mother.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Vishnu Menon had asked for the case to be adjourned for six weeks as investigations into the case remain ongoing.

The case has been fixed for a pre-trial conference on May 13.

Mr Vishnu did not object to the defence’s application for a gag order to be imposed under the Children and Young Persons Act, as the woman’s son was in the car at the time of the incident and is a potential witness.

Said the prosecutor: “Due to her relationship with the child, the gag order for his protection must extend to her as well.”

The woman’s lawyer, Mr Navin Thevar, had argued that the gag order was necessary to protect her six-year-old son from the glare of unwanted public scrutiny and further embarrassment.

“The dangers and risks are particularly acute in the circumstances of the present case because there have been many (online) posts against my client and the boy, which are not only untrue, but are of a xenophobic nature,” said Mr Navin.

The woman is accused of failing to keep a proper lookout while making a right turn as she exited the open-space carpark in Spring Street in Chinatown at 11.50am.

As a result, she allegedly collided with both pedestrians who were crossing the street near the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.

Sheyna Lashira Smaradiani and her mother, Ms Raisha Anindra Pascasiswi, who are Indonesians, were taken to the hospital. They were holidaying in Singapore when the accident happened.

Sheyna was pronounced dead at the hospital and her remains were repatriated to Indonesia on Feb 8 and buried that day in south Jakarta.

Ms Raisha has since been discharged.

Those who drive without due care and attention, causing death, can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to $10,000, or both.

If convicted of driving without due care and attention, causing grievous hurt, an offender can be jailed for up to two years, fined up to $5,000, or both.

The offender also faces disqualification from driving all classes of vehicles.

Road traffic fatalities are at a 10-year high, with 149 such deaths recorded in 2025 compared with 141 in 2016.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/fatal-chinatown-accident-woman-charged-with-causing-death-of-6-year-old-girl-injuring-mother

KNN 又是 SMRT 。。。

Stupid is as stupid does. I won't be surprised if his eyes were glued to his phone right up to the point when the accident happened.

Next, Chee Bye Tat would make it mandatory that everyone buckle up on all public buses, just you see.

Driver in 2024 Tampines crash that killed 2, including 17-year-old student, gets jail, lifetime ban

SINGAPORE – The driver who caused a fatal chain collision in Tampines in 2024 that killed two people was sentenced to 12 years and nine months’ jail on Oct 5.

Muhammad Syafie Ismail, 45, whose actions injured eight others, including two 11-year-old boys, was also banned from driving for life.

A junior college student and a 57-year-old woman died in the crash.

Syafie had pleaded guilty in August to three charges: one each of dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing grievous hurt and dangerous driving causing hurt.

As the sentence was meted out on Oct 5, Syafie kept his head down in the dock.

When he arrived for his sentencing, he was asked by The Straits Times outside the State Courts building if he had anything to say to the victims’ families. He did not respond.

In sentencing Syafie, Principal District Judge Toh Han Li said the jail term imposed was commensurate with the offences Syafie committed, and was not crushing on him.

As a result of what he did, two innocent lives were lost, eight others were injured, and families were irreversibly affected, said the judge.

Family members of both Syafie and the student were present in the gallery during the hearing.

The crash

On April 22, 2024, Syafie had finished working the night shift as an operations manager at a global manufacturing firm and later dropped off a GrabHitch passenger in Bedok at around 6.15am.

He dangerously overtook a car along Bedok Reservoir Road. His vehicle then collided with another car, causing it to veer left and almost hit a motorcyclist.

Syafie drove off towards the junction at speeds of between 129kmh and 134kmh. The speed limit there was 50kmh.

He ran the red light, which had been red for at least 26 seconds, and rammed into three vehicles, causing a chain collision.

A video of the accident posted on social media showed a black car speeding past at least three vehicles before it caused a crash involving five other vehicles, including a van.

The accident killed Norzihan Juwahib, 57, and the 17-year-old student, who cannot be identified due to a gag order imposed on all victims below 18.

Norzihan was a passenger in the van on her way to work. She was a senior technician at a pest control firm and had worked there for about 10 years.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed on Norzihan at the scene, but she died in hospital from multiple injuries, including fractures to her neck and ribs.

The student was a passenger in a car and was on her way to take part in her school’s annual cross-country event. Her father was driving when the collision caused the car to turn turtle with its doors flung open.

The student was trapped under another car, while her father lost consciousness.

When he woke up in hospital, he was told she had died and broke down. He was later taken to another room to hold her hand.

He had suffered rib fractures and was given 191 days of hospitalisation leave.

The prosecutor, citing a victim impact statement by the girl’s mother, said the woman had been struggling with major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The chain collision also injured eight others. One of the victims suffered rib fractures, while another sustained a head injury.

After the crash, Syafie stayed in the driver’s seat until a bystander helped him to the roadside. Syafie sustained fractures to his arm and rib, but has no permanent disability.

He was arrested two days after the crash after being discharged from hospital. His driving licence was immediately suspended.

Girl’s father blamed himself

Urging the court to impose a sentence of between 12 years and nine months’ jail and 13½ years’ jail, the prosecutor previously told the court that the harm Syafie caused was undeniably severe.

The prosecutor said the student’s father blamed himself daily for what had happened, while her mother had to see a clinical psychologist as she felt life was meaningless.

Defence lawyer Kalaithasan Karuppaya of Regent Law had sought a sentence of between seven years and six months’ jail and eight years’ jail for his client. He agreed on a lifetime driving ban.

Noting that Syafie’s actions were due to a lapse in judgment, Kalaithasan said: “This is a scar that will remain with him for the rest of his life.”

Those convicted of dangerous driving causing death can be jailed for up to eight years and disqualified from driving.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/over-12-years-jail-lifetime-driving-ban-for-driver-in-2024-tampines-crash-that-killed-2-injured-8

Is there any dash cam footage that has surfaced or MSM report on it so far?

May his soul rest in peace

No pity for this Tour De France wannabe, he totally deserved it!

2 persons taken to hospital after chain collision on AYE involving 5 vehicles

SINGAPORE — Two people ended up in hospital following a five-vehicle chain collision along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Thursday (Sept 21) morning.

Responding to TODAY's queries, the police said that they were alerted to an accident involving two tipper trucks, two vans and a taxi along AYE towards Tuas.

“A 35-year-old female van driver and her 39-year-old male passenger were taken conscious to the hospital,” they added.

In a video clip posted on the Singapore Roads Accident Facebook page on Thursday, the five vehicles are seen lined up one after another, with what appeared to be cement covering the vans and taxi.

The front of a grey van appears to be smashed after colliding with one of the tipper trucks. Towing trucks are also seen at the accident site.

Police investigations are ongoing.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/chain-collision-aye-5-vehicles-2-persons-hospital-2261141

😡😡😡

Roll away 就 roll away, 没有办法的 :(

Poor motorcycle, hope it is okay :(

This is kan phua jialat siol, how did the lorry ended up mounting the road divider btw???

Stop faking it ya old hag, and just get the fuck up!

So darn obvious he is attempting to commit insurance fraud, tsk tsk

No copious spillage of blood or severed human parts seen - what a downer!

TS jin wols siol

If only a trailer was cruising right smack behind in the same lane to further stack the odds against his survival, how exciting things would be!

RIP dude

Campfire’s burning, campfire’s burning. Draw nearer, draw nearer......

Upgrading my ride to this monster for better protection against buses now!!!!!

Stupidity knows no bounds

That zhar bor's ceaseless hysterical wailing really made my hair stand on end 🥴