SINGAPORE, Dec. 23 -- A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 27 months in jail and banned from driving for eight years after he drove at up to double the speed limit and crashed into a lorry, causing grievous injuries to nine migrant workers who were thrown from the back of the vehicle.

Tan Wei Feng pleaded guilty to one charge of dangerous driving, with a second charge taken into consideration for sentencing, Channel News Asia reported.

The court heard that on the morning of July 19, 2023, Tan was driving at speeds between 130km/h and 160km/h in an 80km/h zone on the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway.

An eyewitness saw his car swerving between lanes at high speed before it slammed into the right rear of the lorry.

The impact caused the ...