{
  "id": 3250576,
  "title": "S'porean man, 22, gets 1 week's jail for striking down & killing elderly pedestrian while cycling along Rochor Road",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/sporean-man-22-gets-1-weeks-jail-for-striking-down-killing-elderly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T11:46:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/cycle-negligent-kill-elderly/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "The 83-year-old woman sustained a 14cm skull fracture and a haemorrhage as a result of the fall.",
  "key_points": [
    "22-year-old Haaris Sulaiman sentenced to 1 week in jail",
    "Killed 83-year-old pedestrian on April 24, 2025",
    "Cycled at 14km/h on 10km/h footpath limit"
  ],
  "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."
}