Fatal u-turn: Lorry driver charged with reckless driving, causing death of 17-year-old

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A lorry driver pleaded not guilty in the Batu Pahat Magistrate's Court on Monday (Oct 30) to a charge of reckless driving that caused the death of a fifth former last week.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mv2hpb7k  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A 33-year-old lorry driver pleaded not guilty in the Batu Pahat Magistrate's Court on Monday

00:08 to a charge of reckless driving that caused the death of a 17-year-old motorcyclist last

00:14 week.

00:15 Nur Azwan Ismail was accused of committing the offence at kilometre 13.5 of Jalan Kluang

00:20 Batu Pahat at 7.4am on October 25.

00:24 A video of the incident which was captured on a dashcam had gone viral.

00:28 Nur Azwan was charged under Section 41, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which provides

00:35 for a prison sentence of not more than 10 years and a fine of up to 15,000 ringgit upon

00:41 conviction.

00:43 Deputy Public Prosecutor Farah Wahida Muhammad Sharif proposed that the court impose a 15,000

00:48 ringgit bail with additional conditions besides suspending his licence.

00:52 However, lawyer S. Tamera, who represented the accused, appealed for lower bail as the

00:57 client has to support two wives and two children as well as his ailing parents.

01:03 She also requested that his licence not be suspended as driving a lorry was a client's

01:07 main source of income.

01:09 The court set bail at 8,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered the accused to hand over

01:14 his passport to the court and to report to the nearest police station once a month until

01:19 the case is resolved.

01:21 Pre-mention of the case and submission of documents was fixed on November 30.

01:28 For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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