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Taxi kills man lying on Victoria Street Sep 29, 2014 6:00am 49 0 1 WhatsApp0 51 DEAD: Mr Zainudin Muhammad was seen arguing with an unknown woman before lying in the middle of the road. PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO By: NG JUN SEN A 53-year-old man was killed by a taxi after he lay down in the middle of Victoria Street early on Sunday. Mr Zainudin Muhammad was earlier seen having a heated argument with an unknown woman in her 30s, witnesses said. After he lay down in the centre of the five-lane road at 3.15am, the taxi ran over him and dragged his body for about 20m before stopping near the traffic junction at Jalan Sultan. The woman was seen crying next to the victim's body but disappeared before the police arrived. The taxi driver was arrested for causing death by negligent act, a police spokesman said. Read the full report in our print edition on Sept 29. Subscribe to The New Paper, now available in print and digital, at http://bit.ly/tnpeshop. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/news/taxi-kills-man-man-lying-victoria-street#sthash.ASBfNa5P.dpuf