Hung Kee Boon, 20, was charged with one count of causing the death of Ong Bee Eng, a logistics packer, through a rash act on the cycling path near Block 539, Bedok North Street 3, on 21 September this year.
The Malaysian is also accused of two breaches of the Active Mobility Act by riding a non-compliant and unregistered personal mobility device . A Singapore permanent resident, Hung allegedly rode his e-scooter at a speed of at least 26kmh to 28kmh while approaching an intersection at 10.23pm, where he collided with Ong. His e-scooter weighed 44.2kg and had a 725mm-long handle bar, which was in contravention of the Active Mobility Act.Ong went into a coma at Changi General Hospital’s Surgical Intensive Care Unit after the incident and later died on 25 September.
Hung told the court that he will be applying for a lawyer through the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme. He will return to court on 25 November.E-scooters were banned from footpaths on 5 November this year, confining riders to 440km of cycling paths instead of the 5,500km of footpaths they could use before.
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