Lorry driver Xu Kai Xiang, 27, was fined S$1,400 on Monday (Oct 14) for driving without the relevant licence or insurance at the time he was involved in a fatal traffic accident near Yio Chu Kang MRT station in April last year

They were father and daughter — Chua Cheng Thong, 86, and Gina Chua Aye Wah, 58 — and their friend, 63-year-old Yap Soon Huat. All three died at the scene.

Xu's lorry also ploughed into a stationary SBS Transit double-decker bus, partially shattering its windscreen. He was charged in hospital as he was injured in the accident as well.

Xu Kai Xiang, a safety supervisor at his father’s company, pleaded guilty to two charges of driving the firm’s lorry without the relevant licence and insurance.

Last week, the Chinese national was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal for causing the death of three elderly pedestrians by driving dangerously along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 towards Marymount Road.

Xu began driving the lorry in January 2018 and joined his father’s company, Chang Fu Pte Ltd, the following month.

He drove the company’s workers offsite every day and was on his way to collect a parcel when the accident took place.