inSing.com, 31 Oct 2012TODAY newspaper reported that The Coroner’s Court saw a video footage that showed Ma Chi had stepped on the pedal to increase speed from 169km/h to 178kmh/ between the pedestrian crossing in front of Bugis Village and at the point of collision.
In the horrific accident that happened in May this year, Ma, 31, a China national, allegedly did not stop or slow down at the junction of Victoria Street and Rochor Road even though the lights were red. He crashed into a taxi, which hit a motorcycle.
Three people died – Ma, taxi driver Cheng Teck Hock, 52, and the taxi’s passenger Shigemi Ito. A female passenger in Ma's car, Wu Weiwei, and a motorcyclist, Muhammad Najib Ghazali, were seriously injured. Full story
