{
  "id": 6842672,
  "title": "S'pore taxi driver, 56, permanently disabled after crash, dies 2 years later, lorry driver, 51, jailed 23 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/spore-taxi-driver-56-permanently-disabled-after-crash-dies-2-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T17:17:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/cabbie-disabled-after-crash-dies-lorry-driver-jailed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 56-year-old taxi driver, Lim Boon Hu, died two years after a lorry accident left him permanently disabled. The lorry driver, Irwan Bin Mohamed Ibrahim, 51, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing grievous hurt and violating driving regulations. He was sentenced to 23 months in jail and banned from driving for eight years. The incident occurred on May 2, 2023, when Irwan, despite a red light, collided with Lim's taxi on Nicoll Avenue. Lim was hospitalized for 137 days and died on June 14, 2025, though his death was not directly linked to the accident.",
  "summary": "The victim never fully regained sufficient consciousness and was in a long-term care facility.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}