In the early hours of Valentine's Day last year, a medium-sized truck was speeding through a yellow light on Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, and collided with a taxi, resulting in the death of the driver and the female passenger. Another male passenger was also hit and fractured.
The truck driver was convicted of only 3 offences of careless driving. The judge today (27th) sentenced that he must be careful when driving a heavy truck because the impact force is proportional to the speed and the weight of the vehicle. However, the defendant was speeding and was another driver. Bringing danger, decided to sentence him to 3 months in jail and suspend trading for one and a half years.
The deceased woman was a former girlfriend of a commercial DJ
The defendant Huang Junxian (33 years old) was originally charged with three counts of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing serious bodily injury to others, but was found guilty after trial, but was convicted of careless driving.
The case occurred in the early morning of February 14, 2020. When the defendant drove his truck through the junction of Yuen Wo Road and Fo Tan Road in Sha Tin, it hit a taxi carrying two men and one woman passenger. The taxi driver and the female passenger were seriously injured. , The other two were injured; the female deceased was the ex-girlfriend of Shangtai DJ Xue Jinning (A Ning).
The judge sentenced that although the defendant rushed to a yellow light and speeding did not constitute dangerous driving, it was a serious offence in the crime of careless driving.
The judge believes that driving heavy goods vehicles must always be careful because the impact force is proportional to speed and vehicle weight. Even taxi drivers should not rush to red lights. However, the defendant’s speeding still poses danger to other drivers. In addition, the defendant’s traffic record is not He was considered good, and he was finally sentenced to 3 months in prison, and he also had to suspend his license and take a driving improvement course.
Case Number: DCCC 832/2020
The taxi involved in the accident was severely damaged. The deceased woman was the ex-girlfriend of a commercial DJ.
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