Singaporean jailed for drunk mobility scooter crash at high speed

Hui Sai Mun careered into the side of another scooter, causing it to flip on its side and sending the couple who were riding it tumbling to the ground

His intoxication was an aggravating factor, the court heard, as it was clear that he was incapable of taking care of himself but chose to drive anyway

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An elderly man drives a mobility scooter. Mobility units such as scooters and motorised wheelchairs are intended to carry people who have difficulty walking. Photo: Shutterstock

Published: 9:43am, 18 Dec 2023Updated: 9:45am, 18 Dec 2023

A man in Singapore who flipped over a couple’s mobility scooter after driving his own into it at speed while drunk, fracturing one of their ankles, has been jailed.

Hui Sai Mun, 57, pleaded guilty to causing hurt by a rash act that endangered the personal safety of New Ah Chew, 51, and his wife Wei Xiaohui, 42.

The crash occurred on the evening of May 27 last year, when New and his wife were travelling on a mobility scooter along a pavement near Block 165 Yishun Ring Road.

The couple had noticed Hui approaching at speed and Wei, who was in the passenger seat, instructed her husband to pull over so that the other man could pass, the court heard.

However, Hui did not slow down and careered into the left side of New’s scooter, causing it to flip on its side and sending the couple tumbling to the ground.

Rather than stop, Hui was seen by an eyewitness to speed up, Deputy Public Prosecutor Yeo Zhen Xiong told the court.

The eyewitness, Muhammad Hafeez Raimi, had heard the collision and gone over to help the couple lying on the ground. Hafeez his friends chased after Hui, Yeo said, and initially lost sight of him, but later spotted him lying on the pavement about 1km away on Yishun Avenue 2. Hafeez then called the police.