webfact Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Driver recovered from wreck as van goes off-road on Patong Hill By Eakkapop Thongtub Police believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: A passenger van went off-road while descending Patong Hill this morning (Sept 11), with the van coming to a halt just metres before a 15-metre plunge into a rubber plantation. Kathu Police Deputy Chief Investigator Lt Col Amponwat Seangreung was called to the scene, at the curve just uphill from the Patong City sign on the east side of the hill, at 4:45am. Rescue workers recovered the driver, who police have yet to name, unconscious from the vehicle and sped him to hospital. Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/driver-recovered-from-wreck-as-van-goes-off-road-on-patong-hill-68585.php#vOoodfPQjVjpiIf2.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-09-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 New day, same morons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 When will someone in authority do something about the continuing carnage on Patong Hill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitnessHealthTravel Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Seriously I came to Phuket decades ago and was talking to a Government Official who was off to South Korea to speak with Construction companies on a fully paid junket to investigate the possibilities of a tunnel to Patong. Years ago and they are still talking and people are still dying... Edited September 11, 2018 by FitnessHealthTravel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted September 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) I've lived in Seattle, Tacoma, and San Francisco where they have some real world class steep hills, and I never have heard of carnage like this. Goes to show that many, many Thais really don't have the skill sets necessary to navigate the roads in a modern vehicle. Edited September 11, 2018 by connda 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grego49 Posted September 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, connda said: I've lived in Seattle, Tacoma, and San Francisco where they have some real world class steep hills, and I never have heard of carnage like this. Goes to show that many, many Thais really don't have the skill sets necessary to navigate the roads in a modern vehicle. In any vehicle mate,, 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokie Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 He's come flying over the crest of the hill (outbound) by the Chinese temple then probably going too fast to make the off camber left that drops down past the Patong City feature (just further down on the left in pic) Also many times the crest of the hill has diesel spills on it from vehicles which have overfilled on way out of patong, they tend to spill here as they come over and start to turn down towards Kathu- I learnt this last year when I nearly came off my Forza in the same spot, luckily I was not going too fast and was able to keep it on two wheels (lost the front end at first) three riders behind me all came off, was early morning and lucky not too busy for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patanawet Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Deli said: New day, same morons. And what are you basing that on ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 8 hours ago, Deli said: New day, same morons. Well they should have made him happy as they "sped" him to hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Patanawet said: And what are you basing that on ? It's historically based, nothing "Historic" about it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Dap said: When will someone in authority do something about the continuing carnage on Patong Hill? When and if you ever end up with somebody in authority who actually cares 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deli Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 14 hours ago, Patanawet said: And what are you basing that on ? On the fact that accidents on this stretch happen on a regular basis, coz people donno how to drive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 10:32 PM, oldlakey said: When and if you ever end up with somebody in authority who actually cares Touche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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