December 10, 2020
Toni Timo Salminen arriving at State Courts on Dec 10, 2020.
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SINGAPORE - A cyclist has been given a prison sentence over an accident involving a pedestrian who died of his injuries five days after the crash.
Toni Timo Salminen, who is Finnish, was sentenced on Thursday (Dec 10) to a week s jail after pleading guilty to causing Mr Chew Fook Yew s death by cycling in a negligent manner.
The 42-year-old offender had failed to keep a proper lookout while cycling along Sims Avenue on Oct 1 last year.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Rimplejit Kaur said that the 53-year-old pedestrian had not been jaywalking and the accident happened more than 50m from the nearest pedestrian crossing.
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Cyclist jailed after crashing into pedestrian who died five days later
Toni Timo Salminen pleaded guilty to causing Mr Chew Fook Yew s death by cycling in a negligent manner.PHOTOS: KELVIN CHNG, LIANHE ZAOBAO
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A cyclist, who had collided into a pedestrian who later died, was yesterday jailed for a week. Toni Timo Salminen, 42, had pleaded guilty to cycling negligently, causing the death of Mr Chew Fook Yew.
The Finnish man had failed to keep a proper lookout while he was in Sims Avenue at about 6.15pm on Oct 1 last year and did not notice the 53-year-old crossing the road in front of him.
Salminen was flung off his bicycle in the collision near the non-signalised junction in Lorong 33 Geylang.
Mr Chew fell backwards onto the road, suffering a head injury that required brain surgery. He died five days later.