Pattaya Video: British pensioner badly hurt in fall down hole in poorly lit street

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Pattaya Video: British pensioner badly hurt in fall down hole in poorly lit street

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

Pattaya News reported that a 76 year old British pensioner was badly hurt after he fell down a hole in the street.

 

The accident happened in Chalermprakiat Soi 21, Bang Lamung, where there is underground cable laying taking place. 

 

Mr John H. was pictured and seen in a video covered in blood with a ripped shirt. 

 

 

He was aided by locals who called Sawang Boriboon rescue staff. 

 

The rescue personnel gave him first aid and took him to Pattaya Memorial Hospital. 

 

Locals said that despite having some barriers the area was badly lit. 

 

Source: Pattaya News

 

 

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[worgeordie]

Poor b*gger,I hope they don't charge him for hospital bills,

the road is not just badly lit,its just about pitch black,

regards worgeordie

Edited March 13, 2020 by worgeordie

[smedly]

time for a shower after that - falling down a dirty hole

[Justgrazing]

Jesus .. Hole .! more like a mineshaft they should say .. If corona don't get you the holes in Patt's will ..

[Chazar]

shocking he  looks  dirty and shabby, arrest  him  immediately,  call the  "dob a frang" hotline and get him deported, shame on him bringing his disrespect to the lovely smiling clean Thai non  heroin smuggling democratic country

[JimmyTheMook]

You see a bunch of red construction barriers and fall into the hole?

 

 

[marko kok prong]

Reminds me of my small town ,Wichianburi,years ago they were tarmacing a section of main road into town,to stop people driving on it they put a big log at either end,not painted white ,no lights,nothing,image hitting that at night,the area too was badly lit and logs left overnight.

[KhunBENQ]

Let's speculate.

A partly bad lit and quite narrow Soi (21 of 3rd road towards Soi Buakhao).

Narrowed even more by this construction site.

Maybe shoved aside by some ruthless scooter/car driver.

Don't expect them to adapt speed at such a Soi.

 

Edited March 13, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[Chazar]

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Let's speculate.

A partly bad lit and quite narrow Soi (21 of 3rd road towards Soi Buakhao).

Narrowed even more by this construction site.

Maybe shoved aside by some ruthless scooter/car driver.

Don't expect them to adapt speed at such a Soi.

 

here on TV we  only deal with facts, real  or false all the same to me

Edited March 13, 2020 by Chazar

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Poor b*gger,I hope they don't charge him for hospital bills,

the road is not just badly lit,its just about pitch black,

regards worgeordie

I bet he gets the bill for repairing the road thrown in for good measure!

[TooBigToFit]

Most of the time these cases are at the least a slightly lit Brit falls in hole on slightly lit street.

[Mac98]

I remember looking both ways for chance to cross busy 2nd road to my destination before stepping off onto roadway and right into an open storm drain. No cover, no sign, no barriers, just me, cracked head, on the road with right leg buried in the drain. This was before crosswalks and far from a traffic light. I barely got clear before the Indy 500 hopefuls got there.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Poor b*gger,I hope they don't charge him for hospital bills,

What do you think? There is supposed to be a fund given to victims of crime to cover hospital bills but outside of care administered on the street I bet he got a bill. 

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, JimmyTheMook said:

You see a bunch of red construction barriers and fall into the hole?

 

 

Looking at the video clip you either go into the road to the right of the barriers and risk getting mowed down by a drunk WIN or Baht bus driver, or try to negotiate the bit of pavement by the hole. 

[Mick501]

Good rule of thumb is to slow down in poorly lit areas and drive to the conditions.   But this is really tricky stuff to learn of course.

[jacko45k]

9 minutes ago, Mick501 said:

Good rule of thumb is to slow down in poorly lit areas and drive to the conditions.   But this is really tricky stuff to learn of course.

I thought the guy was on foot!

[Mick501]

9 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I thought the guy was on foot!

Checked another news source and you're right.   Another good rule of thumb is not to make assumptions.  my bad!

[DrTuner]

I think there's more holes than pavement in Pattaya at the moment. Looks like after an air raid.

[PerkinsCuthbert]

No mask - 5000 Baht fine!

[BigBadGeordie]

26 minutes ago, Mick501 said:

Good rule of thumb is to slow down in poorly lit areas and drive to the conditions.   But this is really tricky stuff to learn of course.

Sound advice, but was this chap not walking?

[Yinn]

1 hour ago, TooBigToFit said:

Most of the time these cases are at the least a slightly lit Brit falls in hole on slightly lit street.

Many hundred Thai pass this place. No problem.

Only the Brit?

 

on his phone? Drunk? Blind? Alzheimers? Looking at pretty woman?

6 orange barrier, red and white tape. Not so dark. Is very big hole.

Edited March 13, 2020 by Yinn

[Thian]

3 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Jesus .. Hole .! more like a mineshaft they should say .. If corona don't get you the holes in Patt's will ..

Or the coconuts hanging above the sidewalk...

[CanuckThai]

The old fella would have had better odds not being hospitalized, by hanging around an arrivals gate from Wuhan, and licking all the arrivals.

[jacko45k]

20 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Many hundred Thai pass this place. No problem.

Only the Brit?

 

The Brits do better at Railway level crossings though!

[Just Weird]

Hope he's ok but it's odd that none of the usual suspects are speculating that he was probably drunk being out after dark; must be because he isn't Thai, Chinese or Russian.

[Muzzique]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

time for a shower after that - falling down a dirty hole

Good idea, Don't want to give others the wrong impression that Farang's wear dirty clothes and never shower all the time. 

[NoshowJones]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Poor b*gger,I hope they don't charge him for hospital bills,

the road is not just badly lit,its just about pitch black,

regards worgeordie

What happened was probably the fault of the Pattaya Authorites, so they should not charge him for hospital treatment, but

hey! This is Thailand.

[Isaanbiker]

3 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Jesus .. Hole .! more like a mineshaft they should say .. If corona don't get you the holes in Patt's will ..

And if it's not a hole in the road, some other holes will get you. 

[Isaanbiker]

2 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

What happened was probably the fault of the Pattaya Authorites, so they should not charge him for hospital treatment, but

hey! This is Thailand.

If the foreigner hadn't be here, the accident wouldn't have happened.

 

It's the foreigner's fault. Thais don't make mistakes. 

[Muzzique]

30 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

The old fella would have had better odds not being hospitalized, by hanging around an arrivals gate from Wuhan, and licking all the arrivals.

If someone started licking me at the airport after I arrived in Thailand from Wuhan (or anywhere), I guarantee the odds of being instantly hospitalized would be very high. 

Edited March 13, 2020 by Muzzique