Russian woman breaks her leg after being hit by a large log while swimming at Kata Beach

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By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Kata, Phuket - A Russian woman has broken her leg after she was hit by a large log which was washed up by waves at Kata Beach.

 

Emergency responders were notified of the incident from the head of Kata lifeguards Mr. Winai Tanboon at 11:30 A.M. Thursday (June 2nd) at Kata Beach in the Karon sub-district, Mueang Phuket district.

 

They arrived at the scene to find the Russian woman, whose name was withheld at her request, lying on the beach in severe pain.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/06/04/russian-woman-breaks-her-leg-after-being-hit-by-a-large-log-while-swimming-at-kata-beach/

 

 

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[rwill]

When I first glanced the newsletter title I thought it said she was hit by a large dog...

[mrfill]

Raw sewage should not be pumped into the sea.

[RichardColeman]

What was her name , Mrs Magoo ? 

 

As of this weekend, the Russian woman is reportedly recovering from her injuries.

 

Though now suffering from shock due to the hospital bill !

[giddyup]

22 minutes ago, rwill said:

When I first glanced the newsletter title I thought it said she was hit by a large dog...

Likewise.

[timkeen08]

Things like this are a Guarantee to bring the trillions of foreign tourist numbers back that they predict, and change hourly, for the rest of this year.

[BritManToo]

Wouldn't think that was possible.

Healthy people do not break bones from swimming into a log.

[KhunLA]

That's some rough surf, and she must have been 'standing' in it ... ouch.

Edited June 4, 2022 by KhunLA

[Excel]

Perhaps the log was a Ukrainian hard wood specie

[hotchilli]

Not the only flotsam in Phuket

[RandiRona]

Thailand is not kind to Russian women and Indian men!!

[Excel]

1 minute ago, RandiRona said:

Thailand is not kind to Russian women and Indian men!!

Thailand is not so friendly for the Burmese either

[RandiRona]

11 minutes ago, Excel said:

Thailand is not so friendly for the Burmese either

Burmese has a part to play 

[actonion]

A few Russian women having some bad luck in Thailand recently

[Thingamabob]

This story doesn't seem right. I wonder what really happened.

[The Hammer2021]

6 hours ago, timkeen08 said:

Things like this are a Guarantee to bring the trillions of foreign tourist numbers back that they predict, and change hourly, for the rest of this year.

And your point is? And where do you get 'trillions' from?

[transam]

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Wouldn't think that was possible.

Healthy people do not break bones from swimming into a log.

If a floating log can sink a small boat, what do you think it could do to a ladies lag....?  ????

[BritManToo]

5 hours ago, transam said:

If a floating log can sink a small boat, what do you think it could do to a ladies lag....?  ????

I suspect the boats move a bit faster than Russian ladies in the water.

Edited June 4, 2022 by BritManToo

[Mac Mickmanus]

Easily done .

A person standing knee deep in water and a log comes in with a wave at 30 MPH and hits her leg which causes a break 

[Tropposurfer]

If she was standing and ducking in the waters edge waves (she probably like many Europeans has no ability to actually swim through waves with safety and was playing in the first few feet of the waters edge where she can keep her footing) and the log rolled in the surf it sure could break her leg/s and or kill anyone it hit. That tree limb/trunk could weight many tonnes if waterlogged, and it looks to me to have been in the water quite some time so it probably was water logged and weighing many times its natural dry weight.

The amount of water logged large trees just under the surface of the water is prolific in Phuket during monsoon season.

I surf during this time at a few spots around the island and I can attest to the dangers of water logged - huge tree pieces ... in the water - everywhere. 

[timkeen08]

6 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

And your point is? And where do you get 'trillions' from?

I make it up just as they do.  Don't recognize rhetoric at all do you.

[Boyn]

Biggest turd i have ever seen!

[The Hammer2021]

20 minutes ago, timkeen08 said:

I make it up just as they do.  Don't recognize rhetoric at all do you.

They are a public body who have a role  and purpose. They make announcements based on projections but you, without being rude, are not of any relevance  to the  Thai  tourist  industry.

Why is it your concern?

I have noticed some people seem obsessed with TAT pronouncements rather than just ignore them

Why would an accident  be used to attract  tourists,  any amount? Would potential  tourists even hear about this log related event?

You ask me if I understand rhetoric.  As far as I know rhetoric  is used in discourse,  discussion or argument but who are you arguing with? Only yourself. Talking about 'trillions' of tourists- Sorry I just don't  get it. 

[beechbum]

Easily done, see plenty of very large logs, semi-submerged roll in on the swell, actually surprised it doesn't happen more often here at this time of year to those not used to the beach and waves.

[Sparktrader]

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Wouldn't think that was possible.

Healthy people do not break bones from swimming into a log.

Rubbish

[Adumbration]

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Wouldn't think that was possible.

Healthy people do not break bones from swimming into a log.

Entirely possible.  Waterlogged timber like that floats just below the surface.  No doubt she was making her way out through the waves and the log washed into her leg with force.  I am a surfer and have been surfing all over Thailand both west and east coasts for decades.  I have nearly been killed on at least three occassions when out in big storm swells on the west coast....duck diving and narrowly missing logs in the oncoming wave.  It gets worse the further north you go in wet season.  I have surfed secret spots around and offshore from Ranong in May-July.  Almost like Russian Roulette...huge amounts of drift wood.

 

But by far the most lethal flotsam is the big lights from the squid boats.  They have a glass bulb the size of an american football and a big steel bayonette screw cap.  When they come ashore they settle in the sand with the steel cap at the bottom.  The top of the bulb then shatters when it is hit by other debris and you have a lethal razor sharp flower of death sitting just below the surface.

[transam]

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I suspect the boats move a bit faster than Russian ladies in the water.

So can logs, but I think you are out of your "depth" on this subject.... ........................????.........................????

[unblocktheplanet]

On 6/4/2022 at 7:30 AM, BritManToo said:

Wouldn't think that was possible.

Healthy people do not break bones from swimming into a log.

Rainy season brings in big rolling waves. My guess is the log rolled into her. Speedy recovery, not a great holiday. We'll be back soon to seeing young tourists in casts & bandages.

[transam]

12 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Rainy season brings in big rolling waves. My guess is the log rolled into her. Speedy recovery, not a great holiday. We'll be back soon to seeing young tourists in casts & bandages.

I recall in my, boat cruising along heading out to mid English Channel when my boat took off with a crash, I did not see a wooden pallet floating unseen by me, very lucky our boats have steel bands on the keel in case of events like this and beaching on pebble, could have been a different story ...???? 

[richard_smith237]

21 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

This story doesn't seem right. I wonder what really happened.

The surf carried a heavy log into a Russian lady in the sea, it hit her and broke her leg.....  not that difficult to grasp is it ?