Ex-security guard boss jailed a day for reckless driving

KUALA LUMPUR: A former security supervisor was sentenced to a day’s jail and fined RM5,000 for reckless driving, which resulted in a teenage girl becoming permanently disabled due to head injuries.

Magistrate M. Saravanan handed down the sentence on Mohd Kamil Mokhtar, 60, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

He was ordered to serve the jail sentence after the judgment yesterday.

Mohd Kamil was charged with driving in a reckless manner by endangering his life and other road users to the extent of causing a 16-year-old girl, who was riding pillion on a motorcycle, to sustain head injuries in an accident along Jalan Wangsa Maju here at 1.15pm on Nov 22 last year.

He was charged under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which carries a jail term of up to five years and a maximum fine of up to RM15,000.

In mitigation, Mohd Kamil, who was unrepresented, said he was the sole breadwinner and has a nineyear-old child.

According to the facts of the case, the girl was riding pillion with her brother when a car crashed into them at a traffic light at Jalan Wangsa Maju heading to Genting Klang.

The impact also caused her brother to sustain cuts and bruises.

Insp Abdullah Khazali was the prosecuting officer.