Ms Ong, 19, was killed on April 19, 2018, when the taxi she was riding in figured in a collision with a speeding vehicle driven by Ng Li Ning, 25.In 2019, the taxi driver, Yap Kok Hua, then 55, entered a guilty plea to one charge of a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, as well as another of causing grievous hurt to the surviving three passengers.
Unfortunately, Yap did not check whether the three passengers in the back of the cab were wearing their seat belts at the time of the collision. Ms Ong, who was seated in the back, died at National University Hospital due to multiple injuries. She had been partially thrown out the window. After the accident, Mr Ting filed a lawsuit against Yap and Ng. The High Court judge who ruled in the suit said that the taxi driver was 65 per cent liable for the crash, and Ng was 35 per cent liable.