A horrific accident that took place in Singapore this past Saturday leaving three people dead and two seriously injured has fueled an outrage in the country.
The crash was captured on film by a vehicle that was not involved in the incident. The video footage shows a blue Hyundai Sonata taxicab pulling ahead a couple of seconds after the green light goes on.
As the taxi reaches the middle of the crossing, we see a speeding red car, later recognized as a rare Sg$1.8 million (US$1.43 million) Ferrari 599 GTO, smashing into the blue sedan. The Ferrari most likely ran a red light. According to reports, the taxi then hit a motorcyclist.
The Ferrari driver, who was identified as Ma Chi, an affluent 31-year old Chinese expatriate, died on the scene, while the 51-year old cabbie, Cheng Teck Hoc, and his passenger, Shigemi Ito, a 41-year-old Japanese woman, succumbed to their injuries a couple of hours later at the hospital.
The young female passenger of the Ferrari, Wu Wei Wei, a student from Wuhan, China, and the motorcyclist, were injured and remain hospitalized.
The Associated Press reported that the accident has sparked a strong "anti-foreign sentiment" throughout the country with many people posting online attacks on Chinese and other foreigners as well the government's immigration policies.
Singapore, a small city-state of about 650 square km, saw its population rise from 4.4 million people in 2006 to 5.2 million last year, mainly due to immigration. Officials estimate that there are more than a million immigrants in Singapore today.
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Stupid all the way around!
Thanks for posting this in Carscoop to let the whole world be aware of this horrific accident in Singapore!
I did a simple calculation by breaking the video down to 30 frames per sec and measured via google map the distance from the pedestrian crossing white line to the position of the taxi and the following is the result:
11 frames for Ferrari to travel from white line to taxi = 0.367sec
Distance traveled estimated to be 18.9857m
The Ferrari was travelling at a minimum of 186.2359km/h
OMG!!!
I am not going to comment on the nationality or if the driver was DUI or who is the young girl etc.
What is important is he beat the red light at neck breaking speed (punt)
Why on earth would anyone speed through local streets at that speed? Alcohol? Drugs?
Total shit for brains, and now no brains at all. There really should be an aptitude test for drivers. You cannot help but feel deeply for the victims of this now dead asshole. Take it to the track or never buy it in the first place!!!!!!! I could care less at the Ferrari, the innocent victims are going to be paying for the rest of their lives.
A China National was in the driver's seat and a china hooker in the passenger seat.
11 seconds from the first amber light to contact of the vehicles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E0u_6Cfszk&feature=share
Looks familiar?
It might have something to do with the fact that he had a young lady sitting next to him. It clouded his judgement. Very unlikely he would've done this if he were driving by himself.
Is it that important how much money the Ferrari was valued at? that's kind of insensitive to post that. Like the writer cares more about the poor Ferrari than the victims in the taxi.
because he was an ahole
A Facebook page of the deceased has been created... disrespectful but some bits are... http://www.facebook.com/mrmachimachi
I wonder if any of the dead victims wore seat belts at all.
anyone else has more information on this?
reason for asking is that the second video showed the cars after crash, they look pretty bad, but their frames are still considered survivable, especially the cabbie because he sit on the right side of the his car.
yeah mr brain tan you are right.
we should respect traffic rules, But some case people do not follow rules.
Aaaa...Are you a Singaporean?? Singaporean will be proud of you for your righteousness for uploaded the scene if the exclamation 'Lucky..' had not been made by driver or passenger?? It revealed so much about the culture and mindset..
Say no to rich Ah Tiongs prowling the streets of SG!!! Fark Pappies policies...
Suicidal attitude.
most likely? the Ferrari driver went at full speed and the audio of the original video proves that.
Oh my God.
I've been there, that shit made me jump.
facebook page is ridiculous.
This is very sincerely. I'm gasted and flubbered.
My condolences to the victims families.To the innocent victims RIP.
To the guy in the 599 who was too busy checking out the LG
next to him to pay any attention to the road... burn in HELL!
Brutal! Here in the states, the news media feeds off tragedy, but only after the fact, never showing the event.Showing videos like this would save lives by potentially checking reckless driver attitudes. We're a nation of "out of site, out of mind".
You get a solid broadside hit like this by a car going 115 mph (referencing the calculations from the young lady who posted here), seatbelts don't matter, airbags don't matter, no safety system currently in use is going to help you at anything much above 80 mph. Even with a full race harness, in a race spec seat, Hans device and a helmet, very unlikely you survive an impact like this, the g forces are astronomical, plane crash level. A miracle anyone did survive, I'm sure they are in very bad shape, likely permanent injury and disability. And I don't even want to think about the motorcycle rider.
true the driver is an idiot but this is another reason why cars should not be made this fast. we all love cars but no speed limit besides autobahn is that fast.
cars should not be made to go over 140kmh
Sometimes, those who drive fast cars consider it as a big challenge to accelerate as much as they can, when they see the traffic lights to be about to turn red,in order to cross the street at the very last second, and satisfy themselves!!!! This practice occasionally FAILS!!! Unfortunately!!
Bike rider is safe. Not in direct impact with the 2 vehicles and was hit by the debris... specifically a tyre. He shares his experience in
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/%E2%80%98the-taxi-went-flying-through-the-air%E2%80%99-.html
More photos: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/1104700/rochor_3death_crash_car_cam_shows_ferrari_driver_beat_red_light.html
OMG when i saw the photo of the interior of the crushed taxi.. its just absolutely terrible to think that some one was siting in there. My condolences to the victims & there families. Drive safe out there folks.
And that's why I never cross an intersection without checking my flanks, ever.
Gosh, appalling response from family of Ferrari drive:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/1108046/ferrari_drivers_family_why_rant_at_netizens_instead_of.html.
Quoting from article, "According to the report in Shin Min Daily, a family member told reporters through a friend, "The rich are not always at fault, we hope netizens will hold their poisonous tongues."
Did anyone mentioned that they are at fault because they are rich? What has rich got to do with the cause of this accident?
Again from the article, his cousin: "... Just because my brother drove a 599 and the woman sat in a taxi it doesn't mean one shouldn't feel sad for him?"
It is not that he drives a Ferrari that we do not sympathise with him, it was because he has been extremely reckless. Unlike the innocent taxi passenger, he was probably sole cause of the accident.
I just do not understand why "wealth" is the focus on this subject among his relatives? Money must have turned him and his relatives' reasoning ability to mush.
Foreign would be EVIL ZION JEW.
That made me jump. Terrifying.
One second your getting a taxi trip, the next yor dead. Tragic
It s just a very simple sample to show how is real Chinese ( from China) people are. For my opinion: Chinese from China: worse of the worst, in any case. Killing people, eating baby, drug, drink, drunk, fake product, fake food, dead meat.... and even they are rich, their brain is still a farmer as that f...king driver Ma Chi, his dead is meaningless to other since Singapore society lost a crazy Chinese stupid killer, but how about the taxi driver and his family? Kick out the ass of stupid original from the lovely Singapore where i not live but love and like very much...
Had it coming. Stupid Fucker
There is news coming out now that the driver had a heart condition and might have had an attack just before the car got into the accident.
stupid driver
Its because of them, that all our industry and wealth is sent overseas instead of staying here. All people have to do is shrug off the brainwashing from the last 60 years and look at who controls most politicans, banks, and corporations.
this chinese was born with defective brains. how did he able to pass driving test huh?
If he wants to play go a further place then the other drivers would survive. The ferrari driver has too much money that he has nothing to play, if he wants to die then go to another place and don't kill others.
I was like "oh my God," when I first saw the video. That was very fast. I was pretty sure the people involved are dead right on the spot even before reading the details. Perhaps the driver was drunk and tried to beat a red light. - http://www.miamiexoticautoracing.com/
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