His wife Hu Tzu recalls that once they were doing a bando in Nankang, and they forgot the tablecloths. Hurrying back home, Lin was involved in an auto accident. Seriously injured, he was in the hospital for six days, all the while mumbling in a state of semi-consciousness, "It's time already?!
太太胡足指出，有一次在南港辦桌，因忘了帶桌巾，林添盛在急忙回家拿的路程中出了車禍，傷勢不輕的林添盛在醫院昏迷了六天，口中還念念有詞：「已經幾點了，龍蝦還不快點弄一弄！」