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By Sujin Thomas, News Editor
THE driver of the Ferrari involved in a horrific crash at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street in May had not consumed alcohol or taken controlled drugs before getting behind the wheel.
Contrary to speculation that the driver, Chinese national Ma Chi, 31, had been drunk, a Health Sciences Authority (HSA) toxicology report showed no detectable traces of intoxicating substances, such as drugs and alcohol.
my paper first got wind of the report findings about two weeks ago and viewed the document from a source yesterday.
On May 12, the Ferrari allegedly beat a red light and crashed into a ComfortDelGro taxi, which then hit a motorcycle at the junction.
Mr Ma, a financial investor from Sichuan, died at the scene, while cabby Cheng Teck Hock, 52, died in hospital along with his Japanese passenger, Ms Shigemi Ito, 41.
Both the motorcyclist and a female passenger in the Ferrari were injured.
The female passenger had earlier been identified in media reports as Ms Wu Wei Wei, a student from Wuhan, China, who is said to be in her 20s.
She was said to have been at a graduation party with her classmates just hours before the crash. It is unclear how she knew Mr Ma.
Mr Ma's family released a statement to my paper yesterday.
It said: "We are glad that the scientific reports are out and will help in the investigations. We will miss (Mr Ma) very much and we will continue to follow the Singapore laws as to what we should do next.
"It has been a very difficult time for the family to lose a father and husband so suddenly."
Mr Ma's family is represented by law firm Drew & Napier.
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(Photos: Shin Min, ST, Wanbao, Omy) |
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