Korean tourists injured as airport van slams ‘out-of-control’ car

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver of the airport passenger van said he was unable to avoid colliding with the car after the car had struck the central reservation on its own. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET:-- Three Korean tourists were injured early this morning when the passenger van that was taking them from Phuket International Airport to Patong slammed into a car that was out of control after hitting the central reservation on Thepkarsattri Rd.
 

Thalang Police Deputy Chief Lt Col Phichai Phupommin reported that the accident occurred in front of PTT gas station on the southbound of Thepkrasattri Rd in Moo 5, Thepkrasattri, at about 2am today (Nov 15).

 

When police arrived at the scene, rescue workers had already taken the three tourists to Thalang Hospital, Lt Col Phichai said.

 

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12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

van slams ‘out-of-control’ car

I wonder which vehicle, or driver, that was out-of-control....?

'Welcome to Thailand'... Hub of Minibus wrecks !

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Korean tourists injured as airport van slams ‘out-of-control’ car

Is there in Thailand any van under control?

6 minutes ago, Borzandy said:

Is there in Thailand any van under control?

Three responses,all anti Thai/van driver! Read the account,the car hit the median strip then the van...

10 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Three responses,all anti Thai/van driver! Read the account,the car hit the median strip then the van...

According to the van driver who then couldn't avoid hitting the sedan, owing to the safe distance he was driving behind the sedan...

 

Dashcam video anywhere?

1 hour ago, Samuel Smith said:

According to the van driver who then couldn't avoid hitting the sedan, owing to the safe distance he was driving behind the sedan...

 

Dashcam video anywhere?

And of course he was not speeding either?!?!????????????

I allow myself to suspect that the van driver was going too fast (the stable calls) and without the necessary safety distance!

7 minutes ago, 30la said:

I allow myself to suspect that the van driver was going too fast (the stable calls) and without the necessary safety distance!

I suspect the car in front of him reversed into the van!

2 hours ago, Olmate said:

Three responses,all anti Thai/van driver! Read the account,the car hit the median strip then the van...

Well maybe in the far distant future we might read about a farang crashing into a farang but don't hold your breath on that one.

No doubt more tourists will go home and recommend to their friends,don't go Thailand for holiday,crazy mini bus drivers,too dangerous.

Just another day on Thai roads, except it was early morning... nothing like getting a head start!

Slowly they will stop coming 

Are we sure the car hit the central reservation BEFORE hitting the mini van? Would like the story from the Koreans' perspective. Maybe the mini van went in to the back of the car causing it to hit the central reservation...

 

Just giving some ammo to the conspiracy theorists as this thread doesn't have anywhere near as many responses as normal.

On 11/15/2019 at 6:06 PM, snoop1130 said:

When police arrived at the scene, rescue workers had already taken the three tourists to Thalang Hospital, Lt Col Phichai said.

One very serious matter that appears to have been missed here is the efficiency of the people who should be doing there job faster than anyone else.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Janner1 said:

One very serious matter that appears to have been missed here is the efficiency of the people who should be doing there job faster than anyone else.

 

 

        It doesn't mention how long it took anyone to get there , only that the emergency people did their job  before the police arrived . Maybe the emergency services got there in 3 mins , maybe 1 hour .

On 11/20/2019 at 10:51 AM, gimo said:

It doesn't mention how long it took anyone to get there , only that the emergency people did their job  before the police arrived . Maybe the emergency services got there in 3 mins , maybe 1 hour .

You missed the point completely! 
I did not find fault with the emergency services, they obviously did a good job as they got the victims to the hospital long before the Police arrived. 
I do wish that some people would read the response of others before making themselves look stupid