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Nov 12, 2008
Charged with student's death 10 min-->
By Elena Chong

A YOUNG driver was charged in a district court on Wednesday with causing the death of his girlfriend by doing a rash act.
Yap Kean Boon, 20, a full-time national serviceman, allegedly caused the death of Ms Loo Yee Wen, 19, a student who was in the front seat of his car along Raffles Avenue at 4.48am on July 22.
He is accused of failing to have proper control of the car, causing it to veer towards the left, mount a road kerb and spin forward to hit a road sign and a plastic construction barricade.
The charge further says that after impact, the car spun forward in a clockwise manner before coming to a stop in the middle of the road against the flow of traffic near Raffles Link.
Ms Loo died of her injuries about five hours later.
Yap, who is represented by Mr James Masih, is out on bail. His case is set for a pre-trial hearing on Dec 3.
If convicted, he can be jailed up to five years or fined, or both