Russian tourist injured, left stranded by Pattaya bus

By The Nation

 

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A Russian woman was injured when a songtaew bus braked suddenly early Wednesday morning, then left her stranded after the accident on a Pattaya road.

 

The emergency centre of the Sawang Boribun Thammasathan Pattaya was called at 3.30am to provide assistance to a Russian woman with a head wound at the Theppaya Intersection in Tambon Nong Plue in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district.

 

The tourist was identified as Vera Ivanova, 26. She received first aid from rescuers and was sent to a nearby hospital.

 

Sakda Kulmart, 19, who works at a nearby Family Mart store, called the emergency centre after the tourist sought help. Sakda said the tourist told him that a songtaew (two-row) pick-up bus suddenly stopped resulting in the passenger hitting her head hard on the iron bar. The driver then told her to get down and sped off.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30359431

 

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Mr bus driver didn't wait for a tip must have something to hide????

Too drunk to sit in a Song Taew properly?

yep that why he drove off

 

24 minutes ago, Kim J said:

1 hour ago, Phuketshrew said:

Too drunk to sit in a Song Taew properly?

Or maybe driver too drunk to drive properly

Bout I think 

That was a bad driver. I had a similar, less severe experience where erratic driving caused an injury that resulted in lot of bleeding. I could tell the driver felt really bad about it and was willing to help. As it happened I didn't think about asking for compensation or anything like that. I just stayed on the bus, bleeding out (applied pressure with a handkerchief), until he passed a pharmacy and then I got off and luckily the pharmacy was ready to help me with first aid for the wound. The driver waived the 10 baht fare but I could tell he would have done more if demanded. (For example for a more severe wound, call an ambulance and not run away.) Just saying, they're not all bad. Of course some or many are. 

Edited November 28, 20187 yr by Jingthing

1 hour ago, Kim J said:

Or maybe driver too drunk to drive properly?

Happened "early Wednesday morning" 

Likely alcohol involved with both parties. 

I wonder who is officially responsible for accidents like this. And who pays i.e. for medical treatment?

Let's assume for a moment the driver was not drunk or high and he had to break.

I am sure I saw somewhere a sign that people should hold on to something when they sit in the back.

So who is responsible if a passenger gets injured?

I don't have an answer, this is an open question.

 

No sweat! The redundant 'driver's seatbelt' from the new Bangkok NGV buses will be used to equip the song taews in Pattaya with innovative safety features.

Usually I see four on a bench.

Whatever, at 03:30 in the morning I know who I would blame! 

These songteaw drivers need to remember they have people in the back.. ''BRAKE ,GAS ,BRAKE GAS''...

17 hours ago, Kim J said:

Or maybe driver too drunk to drive properly?

maybe both ^^

this is Thailand 

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On ‎11‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 12:04 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I wonder who is officially responsible for accidents like this. And who pays i.e. for medical treatment?

Let's assume for a moment the driver was not drunk or high and he had to break.

I am sure I saw somewhere a sign that people should hold on to something when they sit in the back.

So who is responsible if a passenger gets injured?

I don't have an answer, this is an open question.

 

Probably should be considered an accident. No-one responsible, it just happened. A mishap. If she had travel insurance, this is exactly what it is for.