Ex-hairstylist jailed for 3 years over Penang Bridge crash

 

Vaitheswaran M Kumaradevan was also ordered to pay a fine of RM10,000 and have his driving licence suspended.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A hairstylist who caused a friend’s car to plunge off the Penang Bridge three years ago has been sentenced to three years’ jail by the sessions court here.

Sessions court judge Ahzah Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin also ordered Vaitheswaran M Kumaradevan, 24, to pay a fine of RM10,000 or serve another 12 months, and to have his driving licence suspended.

Vaitheswaran was charged with reckless driving and causing the death of Moey Yun Peng, 20, at Km4 (Perai-bound) of the Penang Bridge at 3am on Jan 20, 2019.

Moey Yun Peng’s car being fished out of the waters off the Penang Bridge following the crash on Jan 20, 2019.

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