Man charged with cycling recklessly at East Coast Park, leaving female jogger with head fracture

Edmund Kwek Jun Wei, 34, was said to have caused grievous hurt by committing a rash act by cycling recklessly and colliding with a jogger. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Nadine Chua

UPDATED Dec 27, 2024, 11:20 AM

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SINGAPORE - A man was charged with causing grievous hurt to a female jogger at East Coast Park after he allegedly cycled recklessly and collided with her.

On Dec 27, Edmund Kwek Jun Wei, 34 , was handed one charge for his alleged offence on Oct 22.

According to charge sheets, at around 6.20am to 6.40am, Kwek was said to have caused grievous hurt to Ms Tan Jo-Ann by committing a rash act by cycling recklessly and colliding with the woman.

Court documents stated that the collision resulted in her sustaining a head fracture.

The police said on Dec 26 that they were alerted to the case on the day of the incident at around 10.55am, and that the jogger also suffered a laceration on her right elbow. She was taken conscious to hospital.

Kwek’s case has been adjourned to Jan 23.

If convicted of causing grievous hurt by committing a rash act, an offender can be jailed for up to four years, fined up to $10,000, or both.

In October, six young cyclists, aged between 17 and 20, were charged over flouting multiple road rules.

They had filmed themselves riding and performing stunts in Scotts Road and Orchard Road. In a video posted on social media, several of them were also seen swerving between lanes.

In September, a woman, who rode a bicycle with faulty rear brakes and collided with a 63-year-old pedestrian, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail.

The pedestrian fell, hit her head on the ground and subsequently died from a head injury.

The cyclist had known for two to three months before the accident that her bicycle brakes were faulty, but chose not to repair them.

Nadine Chua is a crime and court journalist at The Straits Times.

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