SINGAPORE – What was supposed to be a 20-minute taxi ride from the airport to Lavender turned into a harrowing experience for Winnie Lee on July 6, after the driver passed out while travelling on the ECP as she and her son were seated at the back.
The 36-year-old stay-at-home mother and content creator told The Straits Times on July 8 that she was using her phone when she noticed branches from the bushes in the expressway’s centre divider brushing against the ComfortDelGro taxi’s windows.
It initially did not sound the alarm bells in her as the driver soon corrected the taxi’s course, but she thought he had looked sleepy, after catching a glimpse of him through the rearview mirror and hearing him yawn.
Lee then started talking to him to check if he was all right, and eventually asked him to stop the car as she thought it was dangerous for him to continue driving in his state.
She thought the driver sounded confused when he replied to ask where he should stop – that was his last response to her before the car began veering back towards the barrier.
“I was in panic mode. I did not know what to do,” she said. “At that point, I thought of jumping out of the car.”
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