SINGAPORE – He was speeding with his eyes closed when he crashed his car into a maid who was walking along a sheltered footpath.
But instead of helping her, Sy Yong Da, 26, drove away and sent his car to a workshop to try to have it repaired to cover up what he had done.
The maid, Ms Domielyn Santos Ocampo, 40, was later found dead at the scene.
She leaves behind two sons, aged eight and 19, and her husband, in the Philippines.
On Friday (June 11), Sy was jailed for 6½ years, and will be disqualified from holding all classes of driving licences for a period of 10 years upon his release from prison.
He pleaded guilty to one count each of dangerous driving, failing to render assistance and obstruction of justice.
Another two charges for failing to stop after the accident and…
