S'porean man, 22, gets 1 week's jail for striking down & killing elderly pedestrian while cycling along Rochor Road
The 83-year-old woman sustained a 14cm skull fracture and a haemorrhage as a result of the fall.
A 22-year-old full-time national serviceman, Haaris Sulaiman, received a one-week jail sentence on August 24, 2026, for striking and killing an 83-year-old pedestrian on Rochor Road in Singapore on April 24, 2025. Haaris, who was on his way home to collect his police uniform, was cycling negligently at speeds up to 14km per hour on a footpath where the speed limit is 10km per hour.
The elderly woman sustained a 14cm skull fracture and a hemorrhage, leading to her death two days later. Haaris pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay S$5,000 in compensation, which the victim's family rejected as insufficient. The judge noted that accidents involving cyclists had reached a four-year high in 2025 and emphasized the duty of cyclists to keep a lookout for pedestrians.
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