Said eyewitness Mohammad Sharful, 31: "About one-third of the taxi ended up on the kerb. There was quite a bit of blood on the floor." — Loh Chee Kong IN A bizarre accident along Serangoon Road yesterday evening, a Yellow-Top taxi crashed into a coffeeshop, injuring two helpers and a customer.

The taxi driver and his female passenger suffered wounds to their neck and abdomen respectively. Of the other three men who were injured, the coffeeshop customer was believed to have seriously injured his lower limbs. The two helpers suffered injuries to their upper bodies.

A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesperson said that it received a call at 7.25pm and all five casualties — all of whom were conscious — were sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Their condition were not known at press time.

A police spokesperson told Today that the taxi had collided with a car and swerved into the coffeeshop.

Said eyewitness Mohammad Sharful, 31: "About one-third of the taxi ended up on the kerb. There was quite a bit of blood on the floor."

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