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Things I picked up in these articles:
Things I picked up in these articles:
# Victor Khoo's statement on Defensive Driving.
Local entertainer Victor Khoo sums it up: "It seems that the only positive thing that has come out of the horrific Ferrari accident is noticing that over the last couple of days, when red lights turn green, drivers don't just drive off but, wait a couple of seconds, look left and right before doing so. If this is the sign that drivers are now driving more defensively on the roads, then the sad deaths of the taxi driver and his passenger would not have been totally in vain."
# The senseless anti-foreigner sentiments.
This accident has nothing to do with race or nationality. It is just one senseless driver in a fast car causing a senseless accident.
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Reckless driving not determined by nationality
May 20, 2012 - 1:51am. By: Maureen Koh, Photo: Lianhe Wanbao
As anti-foreigner sentiment burns online against "the China man who killed a Singaporean cabby with his speeding Ferrari", it's almost scary to read the violence in the words used and the depth of anger directed against "the rich outsiders".
But not all share the same sentiments.
Heartlanders we spoke to say Singaporeans can be just as reckless on the road.
Local entertainer Victor Khoo sums it up: "It seems that the only positive thing that has come out of the horrific Ferrari accident is noticing that over the last couple of days, when red lights turn green, drivers don't just drive off but, wait a couple of seconds, look left and right before doing so. If this is the sign that drivers are now driving more defensively on the roads, then the sad deaths of the taxi driver and his passenger would not have been totally in vain."
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Cabby in Ferrari accident dies
Monday, May 14, 2012, My Paper, by Adrian Lim
THE taxi driver involved in a horrific accident with a Ferrari sports car has died, bringing the number of people killed in the incident to three.
Mr Cheng Teck Hock, 52, had reportedly suffered head injuries after his ComfortDelGro taxi was reportedly hit by the red sports car at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street at around 4am last Saturday.
He was pronounced brain- dead at Tan Tock Seng Hospital that evening, and my paper understands that he died at around 7pm yesterday.
From video footage provided by an eyewitness to Shin Min Daily News, it is believed that the Ferrari was speeding and had beaten a red light.
Its driver, Mr Ma Chi, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Mr Cheng had remained unconscious since he was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). His wife told Lianhe Wanbao that he was suffering from heavy bleeding in his lungs, liver and brain.
The couple have two sons and a daughter, who are between the ages of 16 and 21, the evening daily reported. Mr Cheng's wife said her husband had been driving the late shift for more than 10 years.
The taxi's passenger, a Japanese woman in her 40s, was found unconscious following the crash and subsequently died at Singapore General Hospital. Her next-of-kin has been contacted.
The Ferrari's passenger was a woman from China in her 20s, who suffered serious injuries and a fractured right leg. She was also taken to TTSH.
Friends of Mr Ma whom The Sunday Times spoke to said they do not know who she is.
Reports said that Mr Ma, a financial investor, was from Sichuan, China. He had a wife, 29, and a daughter, three, and moved to Singapore four years ago. The couple are expecting their second child.
A motorcyclist, 25-year-old Muhammad Najib Ghazali, was also involved in the accident. Lianhe Wanbao reported that he was thrown off his bike and suffered spinal injuries. (read about this motorcyclist HERE.)
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More Reporting, News Report 03:
http://www.tnp.sg/content/she-was-wrong-place-wrong-time
She was in the wrong place at the wrong time
May 17, 2012 - 1:40am
By: Chai Hung Yin & Amanda Phua
A person in the know has spoken about Ms Wu Wei Wei, the woman who was in the Ferrari that crashed into a taxi on Saturday.
He claimed that Ms Wu had been at a party to celebrate the completion of her degree course in hospitality management at the East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) when she bumped into the Ferrari driver, Mr Ma Chi.
It was then about 4am and she was about to go home. Mr Ma, 31, offered her a lift home.
The person claimed that Ms Wu, who is in her 20s, did not know why Mr Ma had accelerated suddenly. He said: "She happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time."
He also claimed that she is definitely not working as a hostess here.
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More Reporting, News Report 03:
http://www.tnp.sg/content/she-was-wrong-place-wrong-time
She was in the wrong place at the wrong time
May 17, 2012 - 1:40am
By: Chai Hung Yin & Amanda Phua
A person in the know has spoken about Ms Wu Wei Wei, the woman who was in the Ferrari that crashed into a taxi on Saturday.
He claimed that Ms Wu had been at a party to celebrate the completion of her degree course in hospitality management at the East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) when she bumped into the Ferrari driver, Mr Ma Chi.
It was then about 4am and she was about to go home. Mr Ma, 31, offered her a lift home.
The person claimed that Ms Wu, who is in her 20s, did not know why Mr Ma had accelerated suddenly. He said: "She happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time."
He also claimed that she is definitely not working as a hostess here.
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