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Ferrari hits Taxi

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by brazilbilly 1 year ago (Thu, May 17, 2012) in Violent (SFW)
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  • Cigarmann | 1 year ago | +29
    2012-05-14 17:56

    Singapore, May 14, 2012 (AFP) - A wealthy Chinese expatriate who crashed his million-dollar Ferrari into a taxi killing himself and two others has sparked outrage in Singapore, where anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise.

    Websites were swamped Monday with postings attacking Chinese and other foreigners in the city-state after it was reported that a 52-year-old local cabbie had died of his injuries following Saturday's pre-dawn accident.

    The crash instantly killed the 31-year-old Ferrari driver, Ma Chi, while the taxi passenger, a 41-year-old Japanese woman, died in hospital two hours later, a police spokeswoman told AFP.

    Police gave no other details but local media said the Ferrari driver was a financial adviser from Sichuan who was applying for permanent residency and already living in a Singapore penthouse with his family.

    Disgruntled locals seized on the incident as another reason to attack the government's immigration policies and the presence of more than a million foreign workers and professionals in the crowded city-state.

    Foreigners are blamed for pushing up living costs, straining public transport and stealing jobs, with mainland Chinese bearing the brunt of attacks.

    The Straits Times newspaper said the Ferrari was a limited-edition model that Ma had bought for Sg$1.8 million ($1.43 million) for his 30th birthday last year.

    Pictures from a video of the accident published in local newspapers showed Ma's car apparently ramming the taxi after he allegedly ran a red light following a night out with friends.

    Hundreds of indignant comments were posted online.

    "I hate to drag nationality into this tragedy but the stupidity of a single (Chinese) possibly drunkard driver has caused such catastrophic damage to so many people," Tan Wee Meng posted on Facebook.

    Singapore's population grew from 4.4 million in 2006 to 5.2 million in 2011, largely the result of a higher intake of immigrants as well as guest workers and professionals.

    The accident came two months after a Malaysian cleaner at Singapore's Changi Airport was killed after he was hit by a taxi hijacked by a Chinese guest worker.

    The government's more open immigration policy was a hot issue during the general elections in May 2011 in which the ruling People's Action Party garnered an all-time low of 60 percent of the vote.
    • Drummerer | 1 year ago | +14 -1
      I guess the Singaporians know how Americans feel. I wonder if Singapore gives the Chinese welfare and free reign like we do Mexicans.
    • gingernut | 1 year ago | +5
      Awesome upload,I like a background story.
    • Toyzbox | 1 year ago | +5
      "Allegedly" ran the stop light? lmfao. I would say thats a confirmed lol
    • RawDog84 | 1 year ago | +4
      I am surprised they didn't complain about the influx of filipino hookers there. they make up the large percentage of that guess worker claim in the back story.....them and the indian laborers that come in.
      • Wagingwetard | 1 year ago | +1
        Hookers? Really? Christ you can't even chew gum in the city yet you can get some hookers.. do you get to cane them too.. heard that's pretty popular over there..
    • TMcNasty | 2 months ago | +1
      "Allegedly"...lol.
  • Kuragara | 1 year ago | +11
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    • brazilbilly | 1 year ago | +3
      excellent follow up ...
      • Silke | 12 months ago | +1
        There is no way that driver died in his Ferrari unless he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. I've seen the aftermath of far worse at a Gumball event and those cars can take far worse. Be that as it may though, I'm surprised the taxi driver hung on as long as he did.
  • Sylvia | 1 year ago | +8 -1
    Got a bad feeling about this one. Looks like real tragedy. Must have been hard to watch, very sad indeed. Oh and I guess I should feel a bit sory for the driver as well as the Ferrari
    • massageplus | 1 year ago | +5
      Christ Sylvia, you really ARE a sociopath!
      • Sylvia | 1 year ago | +6 -1
        Come on - it was a FERRARI!
        • jajaallen | 1 year ago | +6 -1
          For once I agree with Sylvia, got to be a cheaper way for population control then offing a perfectly fine Ferrari!
          • massageplus | 1 year ago | +1
            for once!! What do you think this place is!? Anyway, sociopaths turn me on!
    • inka302 | 1 year ago | +2
      a moment of silent for this tragic lost of this find machine.
      • Silke | 12 months ago | +1
        Fuck that, I've seen far worse get repaired, (see above comment). Of course it'll cost nearly a million dollars but it is worth $1.44 mill.
  • xxgagsxx | 1 year ago | +7
    Ferris bueller's got the rest of his life off now ............
  • Fapula | 1 year ago | +5
    That was no ferrari, it was Flash's Asian cousin The Frash.
  • Auroravfim | 1 year ago | +4
    When are we going to learn not to give Chinese people driver licenses. They end up destroying perfectly good cars...
    • fickle1 | 1 year ago | +1
      guy didnt even touch the brakes
    • Fapula | 1 year ago | +1
      Then they just drive without a license and break shit anyway.
  • otto | 1 year ago | +3
    Ferrari. Asian driver. Terrible combination.
    • jajaallen | 1 year ago | +1
      Twenty bucks says they found black horned rimmed glasses, and a hat on the remains. Every single male asian driver ive ever seen behind a wheel has had both of those items
      • Silke | 12 months ago | +1
        And the women have white cotton gloves, a sunshade hat with a green tinted shade and a surgical mask.
  • turdusmcflurdus | 1 year ago | +3
    he was trying to reach 88mph
  • TexanYank | 1 year ago | +2
    Camera guys response: "Wowwowwowwowwowwow"... Good upload
    • WonkyDonkey | 1 year ago | +1
      Lol.... I thought he was gonna go all dubstep on us!!
  • Chocolate1Huevos | 1 year ago | +2
    The rich just keep finding new ways to fuck the poor.
  • slavic | 1 year ago | +2
    wow... i was hit by a mustang head on going 60 mph and i was driving a 99 saturn and i made it out with just a fucked up shoulder, so seeing this gives me goosebumps... sick video though ;p
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