The mysterious female passenger of the red Ferrari involved in the Rochor Road crash is rumoured to be a popular hostess of a famous nightclub in Singapore.
The woman, a Chinese national in her twenties, is now receiving treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for a broken right leg, Shin Min Daily News reported.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Ferrari is believed to have beaten a red light and crashed into a taxi.
Three people have died and two are injured.
Among the dead is the driver of the sports car, Ma Chi, a financial investor from Sichuan, China.
Taxi driver Cheng Teck Hock and his female Japanese passenger Ito Shigemi also died in the accident.
According to Mr Ma’s pregnant wife and friends, they have no idea who the Ferrari passenger is.
Rumours has spread that the female friend is a hostess that Mr Ma picked up at a nightclub just before the accident, Shin Min reported.
Some have also claimed to have seen the Ferrari outside the club several times.
However, when approached by a reporter, the valet staff at the night club said they have never seen the vehicle.
Mr Ma also appeared to be fond of driving fast, according to reports online.
His wife, known to reporters as Ms He, explained that her husband would sometimes take his $1.8 million car for a spin in the wee hours of the morning when the roads are deserted.
In October last year, a netizen has claimed that Mr Ma’s Ferrari was travelling too fast to be captured on camera, the newspaper said.
Under a thread where car enthusiasts post pictures of rare cars in Singapore, the netizen posted the car model and plate number, before commenting that “it was too fast for me to take a picture”, it added.
Mr Ma’s body was cremated today.
According to Lianhe Wanbao newspaper, his mother, wife and four-year-old daughter were present for the last rites, but did not follow the cortege to Mandai crematorium.
Meanwhile, the wife of the taxi driver said he died in hospital after being in intensive care ward for more than a day.
Lim Choo Eng told reporters that doctors in Tan Tock Seng hospital had already pronounced her husband brain dead.
But Mr Cheng, the sole bread winner of his family, apparently hung on because he wanted to let his family know what really happened, according to the newspaper.
His family told the cabbie to “go in peace, since your children are already grown up”, but Mr Cheng, who was seen shedding tears, hung on.
On Sunday evening, after the family found out how the accident happened, they repeated their plea to Mr Cheng.
“We know it was not your fault. You did not drive recklessly,” they told him.
On hearing this, Mr Cheng opened his eyes and his heartbeat slowly stopped, the newspaper said.
