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'I prefer death over living with the memories,' says cabby who caused fatal accident

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Once an independent man who worked the night shift seven days a week over the last 21 years, Mr How Yuen Fah now sits listlessly in front of the television at home, worrying about how to make ends meet.

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Janice Tai

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SINGAPORE - Taxi driver How Yuen Fah felt a sharp pain in his right abdomen and struggled to keep his eyes open while driving along Queensway during peak hours one evening.
By the time Mr How, then 72, signalled to turn right at the Queensway traffic junction on March 22, he had blacked out.
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