Malaysian woman killed in taxi crash on tollway
A 39-year-old Malaysian woman was killed when a taxi she had hailed lost control while driving on an elevated tollway and crashed into the roadside rail on Tuesday afternoon.
The impact sent Lee Ka Yin flying from the backseat through the back windshield and onto the road, where she was fatally run over by a car that couldn’t brake in time.
Taxi driver Santi Pairoh, 71, was also injured. He had to be rescued from the wrecked taxi and was sent to Paolo Phaholyothin Hospital for treatment.
The accident took place at 2pm on the inbound lane of the Utra Phimuk elevated tollway (Don Muang) heading towards Din Daeng. The crash caused a severe traffic jam in the area, as officers had to close the middle and right lanes for their investigation.
Initial investigations found that the taxi crashed onto the right rail before violently overturning, sending the passenger through the back window. Police will also question the taxi driver and check CCTV footage to determine the cause of the crash.
