{"id":37583,"date":"2026-03-19T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37583"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:41:36","slug":"drivers-guilty-plea-in-fatal-tampines-chain-collision-rescheduled-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37583","title":{"rendered":"Driver’s guilty plea in fatal Tampines chain collision rescheduled again"},"content":{"rendered":"


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SINGAPORE: A driver in a 2024 chain collision in Tampines<\/a> that killed two people has had his guilty plea date delayed again.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Syafie Ismail, 44, was set to plead guilty as early as October 2025<\/a>, but this was changed several times. This year, he was scheduled to plead guilty in January, but this was shifted to April.<\/p>\n

CNA’s checks of court records on Thursday (Mar 19) showed that the guilty-plea date for Apr 1 was rescheduled to a pre-trial conference on Mar 23. No new date has been fixed yet for a guilty plea.<\/p>\n

A pre-trial conference is a hearing before a judge, held away from the public and media, during which both sides discuss administrative matters.<\/p>\n

CNA understands that the delay has to do with the obtaining of certain medical reports.<\/p>\n

Syafie faces five charges under the Road Traffic Act for an incident in April last year<\/a> at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Tampines Avenue 4.<\/p>\n

His charges include dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing hurt and failing to stop after an accident.<\/p>\n

He is accused of driving recklessly along Bedok Reservoir Road towards Tampines Avenue 4 after 7am on Apr 22, 2024.<\/p>\n

His abrupt lane change to overtake a car allegedly resulted in a “sideswipe collision”, which caused another car to veer left and scrape its tyres against the road kerb.<\/p>\n

He then allegedly drove through a red light and collided with three cars, one of which spun and hit a van.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath, 17-year-old Temasek Junior College student Afifah Munirah Muhammad Azril died, along with a van passenger: 57-year-old Norzihan Juwahib, an employee of a pest control company.<\/p>\n

The van, in turn, hit a minibus, and an 11-year-old boy inside was injured.<\/p>\n

Syafie is represented by lawyers from Regent Law.<\/p>\n

If convicted of dangerous driving causing death, Syafie may be jailed between two and eight years and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles.<\/p>\n

For dangerous driving causing hurt, he could be fined up to S$10,000 (US$7,700), or jailed for up to two years, or both, and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles.<\/p>\n

If convicted of dangerous driving, he could face a fine of up to S$5,000, a jail term of up to 12 months, or both.<\/p>\n

The offence of failing to stop after an accident carries a maximum fine of S$1,000, up to three months’ jail, or both.<\/p>\n

Court records show that he is embroiled in two civil suits in addition to his criminal case. One of the claimants is a named victim injured in the crash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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