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After more than seven hours of drinking that included pit stops at three different locations, a man got in his car to drive home. Yoong ended up at Tuas Checkpoint instead, driving in excess of 100kmh. He lost control of his Lexus car before hitting an auxiliary police officer – leaving the officer in a vegetative state and causing more than $37,290 in property damages. On March 17, Yoong Kok Kai, 44, a director at Youngminds Online was sentenced to three years and 10 months’ jail. He will also be disqualified from holding all classes of driving licences for 10 years after his release. The victim, Mr Ng Yi Shu, 30, who was on duty when the accident occurred, had a traumatic brain injury. Now bedbound and non-communicative, he has to be fed via a tube through his nose. His medical and nursing home bills came up to more than $455,000 as at Jan 30. After deducting amounts paid through means such as his insurance, there was still an out-of-pocket payment of more than $10,000.