Re: Help For A Fellow Motorist.

[Mzrmazda3]

This is extracted from the forum of Mazda Club.

 

Hope the lady in that cab could stand out & be a witness

 

From the straitstimes today..:

 

A 30-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in Tan Tock Seng Hospital last night after a traffic dispute along Scotts Road spiralled out of control.

Mr Alex Lim, 30, is in intensive care with severe head injuries sustained after he was allegedly hit by a taxi on Monday night at about 9.30pm.

 

The swelling was so bad that doctors had to remove part of his brain, his family members told The Straits Times.

 

Having already been operated on twice, the financial adviser was still unconscious last night.

 

The taxi driver, who is in his early 60s, was arrested and later released on bail.

 

He is being investigated for allegedly committing a rash act resulting in grievous hurt.

 

Mr Lim's girlfriend, Ms Yvonne Lin, was a passenger in his car and claimed to have witnessed the entire incident.

 

She said they were driving to his home for dinner.

 

While along Paterson Road near Wheelock Place, Mr Lim's red Mazda 3 was involved in a minor collision with a Comfort taxi.

 

Both vehicles pulled over farther down the road, alongside Shaw House.

 

The drivers got out of their vehicles, which had been parked one behind the other, and started 'exchanging words', said Ms Lin, 24, a bank employee.

 

The dispute apparently unresolved, the taxi driver got back into his taxi and tried to drive off.

 

'But Alex stood in front to stop him ... He didn't have his particulars yet,' said Ms Lin.

 

The taxi then started moving off and Mr Lim fell on its bonnet.

 

Farther down the road, the taxi stopped and he fell off, landing on the back of his head in the left lane of the road.

 

Ms Lin said she then got out of the car and ran 'quite a distance' towards him.

 

'He was bleeding very badly from his ears and nose. I was trying to clean up the blood...I was afraid he would choke.

 

'He was still conscious then. He was just screaming and screaming,' she said.

 

An ambulance took him to hospital.

 

A ComfortDelGro spokesman said last night the driver 'will be off the road while investigations are ongoing'.

 

Ms Lin is now appealing for a female passenger in the taxi to come forward and offer her eyewitness account.

 

The woman got out of the cab after Mr Lim was hit, she said.

 

His aunt, among family members keeping vigil in hospital said, crying: 'His mother had prepared his favourite dishes.

 

'She was waiting and waiting, but he never came home. He lost so much blood.'

[Gadgeter]

I hope they can find the lady passenger soon.

 

The victim shouldn't stand in front of the taxi also... what was he thinking?

Edited April 12, 2007 by Gadgeter

[Mzrmazda3]

Hope so too Bro

Edited April 12, 2007 by Mzrmazda3

[Jonbummer]

wat the?????????

 

hope the victim is ok soon

 

this particular taxi driver will get life sentence

and never to sleep peacefully after this moment of

madness!

[Yeshe]

wah.. 60+ yr old taxi driver also so hoing??

[Mzrmazda3]

I hope this Mazda Bro would pull through and that cabbie kena jialat jialat from the relevant authority

Edited April 12, 2007 by Mzrmazda3

[Jonbummer]

sure jialat jialat!!

 

for now, yes, hope the victim will be recovering soon

[Wilb]

How come people cant cool down and have a nice talk..

[Mzrmazda3]

Sometimes, in fit of anger si mi also can happen

[Mzrmazda3]

Sometimes, certain people jus don't wanna talk nicely They prefer to KPKB, chute pattern

[Yeshe]

maybe the police will take more than 18 months to investigate leh?? very complicated case u know

[Jacf]

Both the M3 driver & taxi driver are 'garang'.. one dare to stand in front of moving car

& the other dare to drive forward & knock him down..

 

one should never ever stand in front of vehicle regardless of wat.. the taxi driver is probably quite mad & too angry to be rational & think straight, hence he cannot control his right leg when the M3 driver blocked his way.

 

Hope the eye witness can be found soon and may justice be done!

[Mzrmazda3]

I hope not ...

 

Hoping this fellow Mazda owner would pull through and the lady passenger would come forward to be his witness

[Mzrmazda3]

one should never ever stand in front of vehicle regardless of wat.. the taxi driver is probably quite mad & too angry to be rational & think straight, hence he cannot control his right leg when the M3 driver blocked his way.

 

Yeah Bro

[Limws1]

I see another HOTA dispute case brewing.

[Osiris]

Hope the cabby get his fair share of justice.

 

However, I can't help but think the victim could have prevented all this.

They were already exchanging words, there are no telling what people might do in a moment of anger.

 

He shouldn't have tried blocking the car.

Now like this. Even cabby severely punished, it's not worth it.

[Mzrmazda3]

He shouldn't have tried blocking the car.

Now like this. Even cabby severely punished, it's not worth it.

 

I do agree with what you have said Bro

 

What's done cannot be undone so we can only hope for the best

[Osiris]

yah, hope he can recover. But brain tio remove. Dunno can fully recover or not.

 

Let's learn from this and don't let history repeat itself.