Rising tide leaves pickup sunk in Phuket sand

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Rising tide leaves pickup sunk in Phuket sand

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The stranded Chevrolet pickup is pulled from the sand at Bang Tao Beach. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: It took more than an hour for the owner of a pickup truck to have his vehicle removed from Bang Tao Beach yesterday (Jan 4) after it got stuck in the sand due to the rising tide.

 

Officials from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Phuket office who are stationed at Cherng Talay Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) were notified of a car being stuck in the sand in front of the Best Western Premier Bangtao Beach Resort & Spa in Thalang at 7:50pm.

 

Cherng Talay Patrol Police together with DDPM Phuket officers arrived at the scene to find a Chevrolet pickup truck 30 metres away from shore line filling with sea water.

 

Full story:  https://www.thephuketnews.com/rising-tide-leaves-pickup-sunk-in-phuket-sand-65412.php

 

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  Moron leaves pickup sunk in Phuket sand

 

There. I fixed the headline.

[Psimbo]

Deja vu- I wonder if it was the same chap who did this last year so he could hear his 'music' better?

 

It wouldn't surprise me.

[LivinginKata]

It can easily happen. I did that 31 years ago on a beach in Balikpapen, Borneo. All us various managers used to gather at the weekend for drinks at a jungle bar with our white hardtop Toyotas. I was pulling another car out the sand and I got stuck. Tide coming in.  Locals had me over a barrel and I had to pay over the odds to get unstuck before car would be swamped with water. Never helped with towing after that.   

[eddie61]

2 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

It can easily happen. I did that 31 years ago on a beach in Balikpapen, Borneo. All us various managers used to gather at the weekend for drinks at a jungle bar with our white hardtop Toyotas. I was pulling another car out the sand and I got stuck. Tide coming in.  Locals had me over a barrel and I had to pay over the odds to get unstuck before car would be swamped with water. Never helped with towing after that.   

Reduce tire pressure to 5 psi

often works in soft sand

need a pump after that, but better than seawater in car

 

[Oziex1]

Had to dig myself out a few times at work in Aus, didn't radio for help or would have had to pay with a carton of beer.

 

We drank enough back then didn't need more.

[sawadee1947]

Well this is a good example how to attract visitors/tourists. Maybe it should better happen at day time during tea break.....