Woman, 65, dies after cab runs over her, taxi driver arrested

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She was crossing the road aiming to catch the last bus home when she was hit and run over by a taxi. Madam Tay Kiat Eng, 65, a part-time KFC worker, died en route to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Police told The New Paper yesterday that the accident occurred along Bukit...

She was crossing the road aiming to catch the last bus home when she was hit and run over by a taxi.Police told The New Paper yesterday that the accident occurred along Bukit Timah Road towards Woodlands Road at around 12.28am on Nov 27 and a 69-year-old cab driver had been arrested.

Police said investigations are ongoing, and Mr Richard Poh, 29, the youngest of Madam Tay's four children, is appealing for witnesses to come forward and help. Mr Poh, who is studying in Melbourne, last saw his mother at lunch two years ago when he came back to Singapore for a short visit. Upon receiving news of her passing, he scrambled to book the next available ticket to Singapore and arrived on the same day of the incident.

 

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