Singaporean Uber driver jailed, banned for causing death of passenger

The wreckage of an Uber car following an accident on the Seletar Expressway towards Bukit Timah Expressway, near the Woodlands Avenue 2 exit, on Sept 25, 2016. PHOTO: ST READER.

SINGAPORE: The driver of an Uber car, involved in the first fatality involving the ride-hailing service here, was jailed for six weeks and banned from driving for five years on Friday for negligently causing the death of his rear seat passenger and injuring a van driver.

Saddam Hussein Norazman, 23, a Singaporean, admitted to causing the death of Goh Pei Ling, 18, along Seletar Expressway (SLE) last September and grievously hurting van driver Muhammad Shuib Samat, 22.