Lucky escape for two drivers as Indian flips his car at Pattaya intersection

 

Picture: The Pattaya News

 

A taxi driver and an Indian both had brushes with death after a car hit the central divider, collided with a lamppost and flipped crushing the front of a taxi.

 

The accident happened at the Grand Condominium intersection in Pattaya around 6 am Sunday.

 

Pol Capt Chanan Ketbua on the scene with Sawang Boriboon foundation found a Mitsubishi with Bangkok plates crushing a Bangkok registered taxi.

 

Surinder Singh, the car driver from India, was only slightly hurt and declined a hospital visit.

 

Taxi driver Phanthip Lesasmat, 50, who was uninjured, said he had been waiting at the lights. The Mitsubishi hit the central divider and went through the red light before hitting a lamppost and coming to rest overturned on his bonnet.

 

Mr Singh was arrested and taken to Pattaya police station.

 

The Pattaya News quoted the police as saying it was a case of falling asleep at the wheel or drunk driving.

 

Alcohol checks were being made.

 

Source: The Pattaya News

 

 

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Ohhh Bloody blimey Sir !!!!!!

Indians teaching Thais how to run everything down on a built up inner city road lesson one don't die????

Drunk driving in Pattaya? Must be very rare.

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

A taxi driver and an Indian both had brushes with death

 

In most other countries, that description would be referring to the same person...

Mitsubishi with Bangkok plates . Another <deleted> must display Bangkok plates thinking he is better than the locals. Drove for 30 minutes this morning in CNX gave out 10 Darwin awards for stupid driving activities, all had Bangkok plates!

Mr Singh to Sing Sing

Fortunately he wasn't Mr. Pindunderjeep

33 minutes ago, legend49 said:

Mitsubishi with Bangkok plates . Another <deleted> must display Bangkok plates thinking he is better than the locals. Drove for 30 minutes this morning in CNX gave out 10 Darwin awards for stupid driving activities, all had Bangkok plates!

Well it is just Bangkokians visiting. But the open roads go to their heads, don't get them at home! 

Agreed they drive like asses.

Edited February 18, 20197 yr by jacko45k

31 minutes ago, topt said:

I have a Bangkok plate because I bought from a Bangkok dealer even though residing in Pattaya......so (delete) you too.....

Me too - never knew we were held in such high esteem by the "masses" 

Off topic also a flame removed

Mitsubishi with Bangkok plates . Another must display Bangkok plates thinking he is better than the locals. Drove for 30 minutes this morning in CNX gave out 10 Darwin awards for stupid driving activities, all had Bangkok plates!

Well, I moved from Bkk to CNX so all my vehicles have BKK number plates. I can drive for 10 mins and give out 30 Darwin awards for small town drivers lol


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The usual experts deciding blame based on a news article, and their comedic counterparts making juvenile comments about a serious accident.

9 hours ago, johng said:

Ohhh Bloody blimey Sir !!!!!!

Like flipping a chapatti !!

Like flipping a chapatti !!

He's lucky not to have ended up in a Korma.

Seeing as he already had a dodgy tikka.

 

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I'm a bit nervous when driving through intersections along Sukhumvit. One second I'm between divider lines then on the other side of intersection I'm right on top of a line and have to decide which way is safest to swerve. 

Still alive. Just go slow. Peace to all on the roads.

4 hours ago, roo860 said:

He's lucky not to have ended up in a Korma.

Seeing as he already had a dodgy tikka.

 

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Or, if his name was Ram Jambutty maybe he was eating while driving.

On 2/18/2019 at 6:14 PM, Benmart said:

The usual experts deciding blame based on a news article, and their comedic counterparts making juvenile comments about a serious accident.

Agreed. People should take everything seriously. Live is too short to be frivolous. I live by the old saying, " laugh  and you laugh alone, cry and the whole world cries with you. "