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EXACTLY when the tyre of a Toyota car burst will likely be an issue at the ongoing trial of the driver who allegedly ploughed into a Penang Road bus stop and injured six commuters.
The defence claims that Wong Heng Chiang's car hit a right kerb, deflating the tyre and causing the car to go out of control.
But the prosecution's version is that the front right and rear right tyres of the 28-year-old senior account executive's car punctured after impact.
Wong is being tried on eight charges - drink driving, dangerous driving, causing hurt to two commuters and grievously hurting another four by doing a rash act to endanger life along Penang Road last May 1.
Technical services officer Lim Chwee Hai from the Police Logistics Department testified on Thursday that a punctured tyre would not leave a smooth, continuous skid mark on the road.
Under re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Christina Koh, he confirmed that had a tyre burst, its rim would hit the road and leave scratches instead of rubber residual on the road.
Cross-examined by defence lawyer Subhas Anandan on Tuesday, Mr Lim had said that a deflated tyre might or might not leave a continuous line.
Mr Lim also told District Judge Jill Tan that the badly damaged rim of the tyre had come into contact with an object, causing the puncture. He found no evidence that a foreign object such as a nail had caused the puncture.
Another witness, Sergeant Muhd Reeza Ahmad Yusoff, had testified that he found skid marks on the road, the longest being 28.5m.
Investigation officer Zainal Abidin Ahmad Mahmud said Wong had told him that he hit the right kerb.
The case was adjourned to April 23 for the prosecution to call its last witness, a doctor.
Among the defence witnesses will be an expert who will testify on the impact of burst tyres.
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