Before she collided into two vehicles, Lee Wai Yee first drank at a pub in the Joo Chiat area for a few hours, before drinking some more alcohol with a friend at a club in the Orchard Road area. — AFP pic
The 26-year-old Malaysian was jailed two months and one week yesterday, and banned from driving for two years after she is released. Deputy Public Prosecutor Jarret Huang said that Lee admitted to consuming a mixture of beers and liquors, and was very drunk by about 4.30am on February 21, 2017. While driving along Orchard Road, Lee swerved from right to left at high speed and hit the door of Foo Chee Ning’s stationary taxi, resulting in the entire door being dislodged and unhinged.It also caused Foo, then 67, to jerk backwards, leading to pain and numbness in his neck that persisted after the incident. He was eventually given four days of medical leave.“She picked up speed and eventually turned left from Claymore Road to Orchard Road, not slowing down while turning.
Realising she was not moving, Zulkurnain went over to confront her. He shouted at her to stop engaging the gear to drive, but she did not comply.She followed his instructions to sit by the kerb to wait for the police, after he noticed that she reeked of alcohol. The lorry driver then arrived, having hitched a ride in a van driven by a passer-by to look for his vehicle.