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SINGAPORE – A part-time food delivery worker was riding his bicycle along a shared path in Tampines when he lifted both hands off the handlebar to reply to an Instagram message on his mobile phone.
After replying, Temasek Polytechnic student Muhammad Adli Adi placed only his left hand on the handlebar and did not notice Madam Poh Cho Hui, 60, walking in front of him.
His bicycle struck her before he could stop it and she fell to the ground.
The accident took place around 8pm on June 3 last year. The mother of three was taken to Changi General Hospital (CGH) but she died of a head injury six days later.
Adli, 19, who is no longer working for Foodpanda, was sentenced on Friday (Nov 1) to two weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to causing Madam Poh’s death by performing a negligent act.
Before the accident took place, he had been delivering food for the company and was riding along the Tampines Park Connector near Block 495E Tampines Street 43 at a speed of around 23kmh.
The court heard that the speed limit along the shared path was 25kmh and the bicycle was not fitted with a front headlight.
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