Hong Kong Man Sentenced to 22 Months in Jail for Pregnant Woman's Death
A former Hong Kong truck driver has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for his role in a truck accident that killed a pregnant woman. The judge criticized the driver's 'continuous' wrong decisions while driving.
A former Hong Kong truck driver who caused the death of a pregnant woman was sentenced to 22 months in prison on Tuesday, with the judge saying the man had made “continuous” wrong decisions in his driving. District Judge Josiah Lam Wai-kuen also pushed back on the defence’s mitigation argument that the accident had occurred because of a momentary lapse of judgment. “He had acted out of convenience for himself. This is not a lapse in judgment, but driving with bad judgment,” he said. Leung...