{"id":63405,"date":"2026-06-24T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63405"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:37:03","slug":"cabby-passenger-taken-to-hospital-after-car-crashes-into-taxi-in-tampines-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63405","title":{"rendered":"Cabby, passenger taken to hospital after car crashes into taxi in Tampines, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 67-year-old cabby and his 64-year-old female passenger were taken to hospital after a black car crashed into the taxi in Tampines on Monday (June 22).<\/p>\n<p>The police said in response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries that they were alerted to an accident involving two cars and a taxi along Tampines Avenue 7, in the direction of Loyang Avenue, at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Dashcam footage of the accident shared by Facebook page SG Road Vigilante shows the black car drifting across the two-lane road without signalling.<\/p>\n<p>It brushes against the centre divider before moving between lanes again.<strong> <\/strong>At one point, the right side of the vehicle mounts the divider momentarily.<\/p>\n<p>Then, it continues towards a traffic junction, where several motorists had stopped at a red light.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone\/video\/7654544605794323729\" data-video-id=\"7654544605794323729\">\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@asiaone\" rel=\"noopener\">@asiaone<\/a> The car mounted a kerb before driving into a taxi waiting at the traffic lights. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgnews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"sgnews\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singapore?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"singapore\" rel=\"noopener\">#Singapore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/police?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"police\" rel=\"noopener\">#Police<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/road?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"road\" rel=\"noopener\">#Road<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/accident?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"accident\" rel=\"noopener\">#Accident<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-AsiaOne-7654544786778524417?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - AsiaOne\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; AsiaOne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The car rams into the taxi, sending the vehicle careening into the opposite lane.<\/p>\n<p>The male taxi driver and his passenger were conscious when they were taken to hospital, said the police.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are underway.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:738604]]<\/p>\n<p>lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/tampines-ave-7-car-accident-taxi-driver-passenger-hurt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 67-year-old cabby and his 64-year-old female passenger were taken to hospital after a black car crashed into the taxi in Tampines on Monday (June&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}