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SINGAPORE – A cabby, who was unaware that he had a tumour in his liver, was driving his vehicle along Queensway on March 22 when the tumour suddenly ruptured, causing him to black out.
Mr How Yuen Fah’s taxi continued travelling towards Jalan Bukit Merah before hitting at least three pedestrians who were crossing the road at a traffic light which was then showing the green man signal.
One of them, Madam Tng Yew Huay, 66, was taken to the National University Hospital (NUH) where she died of a head injury at around 9.20pm that day.
The other pedestrians survived.
Following an inquiry on Wednesday (Sept 18), State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam found her death to be “an unfortunate traffic misadventure”.
She said Mr How, 72, was also taken to NUH and a scan showed the ruptured tumour.
He went through surgery and further medical investigations revealed that he had hepatocellular carcinoma, a cancer of the liver.
The state coroner added: “The doctor who treated him clarified that the tumour rupture caused severe bleeding into the involved party’s abdomen and a loss of blood flow to his brain.
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