Good news is hard to come by these days.
Covid-19 deaths, soaring unemployment rates, and crumbling businesses.
And today, tragedy has struck a 58-year-old cabbie in Singapore.
Taxi Driver Allegedly Died After His Taxi Caught Fire Along Seletar West Link
A ComfortDelGro taxi driver has died after his cab caught fire along Seletar West Link on Tuesday (31 March).
The police say they were alerted to the incident in the early hours of the morning, at around 1.30am.
The 58-year-old man was found unresponsive outside his taxi after sustaining burn injuries, said Ms Tammy Tan, group chief corporate communications officer for ComfortDelGro.
He was later pronounced dead at the scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic.
The fire was extinguished by firefighters using two water jets but the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Photos of accident uploaded online
Photos of the accident were posted on the Facebook page SG Road Vigilante, showing a car in flames.
Another more graphic photo shows the poor man outside his car on the ground engulfed in flames.
Other photos showed SCDF personnel at the scene.
No previous issues with taxi
According to Ms Tan, the taxi was three and a half years old and had no major issues when it was last serviced on 19 March.
That was less than two weeks ago.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
Ms Tan said that she was “shocked” and “deeply saddened” by the incident and would be assisting the man’s family during this trying time.
One can only imagine what the man’s loved ones are going through.
Not the first incident of its kind
Believe it or not, this is not the first incident of its kind in Singapore.
In 2017, a Trans-Cab taxi caught fire and exploded on Commonwealth Avenue, near Buona Vista MRT station on 30 April, injuring four people including a firefighter.
A similar incident occurred just months later when another Trans-cab taxi caught fire in the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) tunnel.
The second fire involved the engine compartment of a taxi.
Unlike the case above, no serious injuries were reported in either accident in 2017.
Goody Feed extends its deepest condolences to the man’s family, and we hope that they’ll be able to pull through this tough time.
