SINGAPORE: A driver who overtook a lorry from its left side in a contravention of the Highway Code hit a motorcycle in a fatal accident. Chua Eng Keong, a 59-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced on Monday (Jan 5) to 18 months’ jail and a driving ban of eight years. He pleaded guilty to one count of driving without due care and attention, causing death. The court heard that Chua was driving a car along Anak Bukit Flyover on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) at about 8am on Nov 20, 2023. He was on Lane 3 of the four-lane road, with a lorry on Lane 2 and a motorcycle on Lane 1. Lane 1 is the right-most lane on the expressway. To overtake the lorry, Chua accelerated and drove past it on its left, before filtering into Lane 2 without keeping a proper lookout. At about the same time, the motorcycle had changed lanes from Lane 1 to Lane 2 and was fully on Lane 2 when Chua’s car collided with it. The motorcyclist, 35-year-old Muhammad Dzulhilmi …