SINGAPORE: To overtake another driver, a man sped up to twice the speed limit in the heart of the Central Business District. He ended upFor two counts of grievous hurt by a rash act and one count of causing hurt by a rash act, 27-year-old Lim Wei Sheng was sentenced on Monday to 15 weeks' jail and banned from driving for four years.The court heard that Lim was driving on the second lane of a five-lane road towards Cross Street at about 6pm on Apr 15 last year.
He moved to the first lane before accelerating and overtaking the car. As he tried to move back into the second lane, a blue car in the second lane tried to turn right into Marina Way, crossing into his path.To avoid colliding with the blue car, Lim swerved his car to the right, but lost control of the vehicle and collided with a metal bollard before ploughing into a crowd of pedestrians waiting at a traffic junction to cross the road.
They were taken to hospital with injuries including fractured ribs, open leg wounds and a fractured shin bone. A report by the Health Sciences Authority stated that Lim had travelled about 170.5m in his attempt to overtake the silver car before the collision.