... I believe it would turned out that the motorist, SHOULD have kept a proper look out for
pedestrians if it was just an ordinary public member who hit
Wrixen...
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Top Iras official not to blame for fatal
crash
Lee Seng Giap
Wed, Jun 04, 2008
The Straits Times
A TOP civil servant whose car hit a Victoria School student along
Marine Parade Road in October last year was yesterday cleared of
criminal negligence in the fatal accident.
State Coroner Victor Yeo came round to this view following
testimony by several witnesses at the inquiry into the death of
Secondary 4 student Wrixon Chew Teck Cheng, 16, who died six days
after the accident.
The driver of the car was Ms Chin Li Fen, 48, an Assistant
Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras).
Named as a potential defendant at the inquiry, she elected to
remain silent.
One witness, airline pilot Lars Anders Schoden, 42, said the
lights for pedestrians to cross were clearly red at the time of
impact.
The court heard that after a graduation ceremony at school that
day, Wrixon and two schoolmates headed for a tuition class. But as
they were about to board a bus, he received a call to return to
school to pick up a pen.
His schoolmate Arthur Lim Wei Quan, 16, walked back to school
with him. As they were on the pedestrian crossing, the green man
signal started flashing, said Arthur, who was a little ahead of his
friend.
As they stood on the divider, however, Wrixon showed him a paper
plate on which had been written well wishes by his schoolmates, and
decided to pass it back to their friend at the bus stop.
He was hit by Ms Chin's car as he ran diagonally across the
road.
Coroner Yeo, returning an open verdict, said evidence suggested
that Wrixon could have failed to keep
a proper lookout for oncoming vehicles.
ELENA CHONG