A taxi driver was clinging to life after a medical emergency caused him to lose control of his yellow cab and slam into a light pole outside the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan on Thursday, law enforcement sources said.

The cab driver was heading west on W. 42nd St. when he lost control of his taxi, mounted the curb and smashed into a light pole at the corner of 12th Ave. around 2:27 p.m., cops said.

Also in the taxi was a 61-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, both of whom suffered minor injuries in the crash, said police.

A 33-year-old male pedestrian was also injured in the crash. Paramedics rushed the pedestrian, the two passengers and the critically injured cab driver to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, cops said.

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