{
  "id": 2996353,
  "title": "Man gets one week’s jail for negligent cycling that killed elderly pedestrian",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/man-gets-one-weeks-jail-for-negligent-cycling-that-killed-elderly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:33:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-gets-one-weeks-jail-for-negligent-cycling-that-killed-elderly-pedestrian"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 24, 2025, a 22-year-old former Singapore Police Force national serviceman, Haaris Sulaiman, was sentenced to a week in jail and ordered to pay $5,000 in compensation for causing the death of an 83-year-old woman while cycling negligently on a footpath. The woman suffered a fractured skull and died two days later on April 24, 2025. Haaris, who was attached to the Kampong Java Neighbourhood Police Centre at the time, cycled on a footpath along Rochor Road at speeds up to 14kmh, exceeding the 10kmh limit. He failed to observe the elderly pedestrian on his left as he checked for oncoming vehicles at a traffic junction. The court accepted Haaris' apology and remorse but rejected his plea for a reduced sentence, emphasizing the increasing number of cyclist-related accidents in 2025 that had reached a four-year high, with 772 incidents, 17 of which were fatal.",
  "summary": "Haaris Sulaiman was a full-time national serviceman with the Singapore Police Force at the time of the offence.",
  "key_points": [
    "Haaris Sulaiman sentenced to one week in jail and $5,000 compensation",
    "83-year-old woman died after being struck on footpath in August 2025",
    "Cycling at 14kmh exceeded limit, failed to see pedestrian"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}