While driving her friend home after dinner in 2024, an 83-year-old woman made an illegal right turn from Nicoll Highway into Bras Basah Road, against the flow of traffic.She hit another car, leaving its 41-year-old female passenger with a fractured rib.On Feb 27, 2026, Ruth Chia Soh Kim, now 85, was fined $4,000 after pleading guilty to one charge of driving without due care and attention causing grievous hurt.She was also handed a charge for causing hurt by driving without due care and attention, which was taken into consideration for sentencing.Court documents stated that Chia left the Singapore Swimming Club in Tanjong Rhu at about 9pm on March 3, 2024, with her friend, Mr Lim Loo Leong, 90, who was in the passenger seat.She was driving towards Tiong Bahru to take Mr Lim home, and was relying on him to give directions as she was unfamiliar with the route.At about 9.20pm, Chia was approaching the junction of Nicoll Highway and Bras Basah, and stopped her car as the traffic light turned red.When the traffic light turned green, she drove forward and turned right towards Bras Basah Road, a one-way street. Read more