SINGAPORE: A court has found a van driver 65 per cent liable for an accident in Woodlands that flung his eight-year-old niece out of the vehicle and onto a grass patch in 2020.
She also suffers long-term weakness and spasticity in her right arm and leg, and is unable to use her right hand functionally.The girl's uncle was driving a van along Woodlands Avenue 12 towards Seletar Expressway on the night of Oct 23, 2020. The van was thrown into a spin, mounting a nearby kerb and landing with the front half of the van on a grass patch.
For the Audi driver, the girl also cited negligence. She said he was travelling at an excessive speed in the circumstances, failed to apply his brakes and failed to observe her uncle's van.The girl's uncle argued that the Audi's excessive speed played a major part in causing the collision. He said that he would have completed the U-turn safely if the Audi driver was not speeding.
The Audi driver said the van driver should be fully liable for the collision. In the alternative, his liability should not exceed 10 to 20 per cent, he said.Judicial Commissioner Teh said that the accident could have been avoided if the van driver had kept a proper lookout. Similarly, if the Audi driver had not exceeded the speed limit"to the outrageous extent that he did", the accident would not have happened, she said.
Toyota hiace van ..mostly speeding ,reckless ..should reduce speed limit
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