Snoozing British driver gets spooked by police and crashes into Thai woman

[snoop1130]

PHOTO: TMN Cable TV Pattaya

 

A 67-year-old British driver who was dozing off inside his parked sedan reportedly got spooked by concerned Pattaya police before speeding away and crashing into a Thai woman.

 

The collision that mystified Pattaya police took place at the entrance of Soi 6/1 on Sukhumvit Road in the Nongprue subdistrict of Banglamung, Chonburi, yesterday, October 13th in the afternoon.

 

Pattaya police told local media that they went to check on an MG sedan parked at the Khao Talo intersection. They found a British driver identified later as Mr. Martin Rionas, 67, sleeping inside the car and felt concerned, so the police knocked on the car window to awake the driver.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/14/snoozing-67-year-old-british-driver-gets-spooked-by-police-and-crashes-into-thai-woman-in-pattaya/

 

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[richard_smith237]

Parked at the intersection ? Or just happened fall asleep at while waiting for the lights to change ?

 

Could be a DUI hence the attempt to escape.

 

very foolish behavior, glad no one was hurt.

At the very least he needs to lose his licence. 

[chalawaan]

Brake failure blamed.

Brits don't crash, that's just a local bad habit. ????????????

[ezzra]

Some people with narcolepsy condition experience automatic behavior during brief episodes of sudden urge to sleep where they fall a sleep uncontrollably and that probably what happened and this sis why he god spooked...

[gomangosteen]

The photo in OP - think you're wrong - this is the MG with front end damage

 

this is the other car he hit - owner Ms. Savitree Seesun was slightly injured and was admitted to Banglamung Hospital.

Her red Nissan sedan was also damaged by the British driver. 

 

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by gomangosteen

[Ralf001]

A Brit crashed his Brit car.................

 

Amazing Thailand !!

Edited October 14, 2022 by Ralf001

[Gottfrid]

Just another Brit, that is helping Thais view on foreigners. I sincerely hope they soon understand the difference between Brits and other foreigners.

[Sparktrader]

Back to driving school

[nausea]

Who knows what really happened here. Reason I don't drive in Thailand. It's great if you're one of these people who has an iron will and never drives when you are drunk. I realised a long time ago this isn't me. Now it's always my Teerak who drives me. 

[BigStar]

When will they ever learn?

[JeffersLos]

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

67-year-old

Too old to be driving a car.

[bobbin]

That was a heck of an impact!

 

We are not talking fender-bender here...  ????

[balo]

Did they test him for drugs ?

[cnx101]

I’m sure all the EX FBI, CIA, EX Special forces that live here will sort out what happened haha

[FinChin67]

10 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

A Brit crashed his Brit car.................

 

Amazing Thailand !!

MG is Chinese ( SAIC Motor Corporation Limited)... 

[2baht]

Pretty casual pointing, not a lot of heart in it! ????

[smedly]

very difficult to understand what happened, that was quite an impact

[BritScot]

10 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Just another Brit, that is helping Thais view on foreigners. I sincerely hope they soon understand the difference between Brits and other foreigners.

Really!!!

[BritScot]

6 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

Too old to be driving a car.

Really? What a ridiculous thing to say!!!

[BritScot]

Why is there deafening silence about a guy sleeping and getting so scared when approached by a thai police man???? So much hatred.....

[picctrainop]

Sounds like Gottfrid is saying that Mainland Europeans are Sooo Angelic and would never pull a stunt like that… Idiot…

[itsari]

11 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Just another Brit, that is helping Thais view on foreigners. I sincerely hope they soon understand the difference between Brits and other foreigners.

Seems like you like fake statements too

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The collision that mystified Pattaya police took place at the entrance of Soi 6/1 on Sukhumvit Road in the Nongprue subdistrict of Banglamung, Chonburi, yesterday, October 13th in the afternoon.

 

Pattaya police told local media that they went to check on an MG sedan parked at the Khao Talo intersection

I expect they mean soi 61, soi 6/1 is well North of town near Toyota and certainly not near Khao Talo. 

[Moti24]

12 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

A Brit crashed his Brit car.................

 

Amazing Thailand !!

Made in China by Saic Motors, a Chinese company.

[internationalism]

so police was taking him for an alcohol test and result was still unknown some 24h when this article was published.

They should also test him for drugs.

He should be charged for fleeing police.

He also parked illegally on the main road and near intersection. 

Look at nissan - it was turned by an impact by some 150 degree. Front of the car is facing incoming traffic. Probably she was already in motion (after giving food for monks) and pulled sharply into second line. That might explain this collision. Possibly it was partly her mistake. 

 

[Ralf001]

9 minutes ago, Moti24 said:

Made in China by Saic Motors, a Chinese company.

MG is an iconic British car brand.

 

The vehicle is built by Saic motor-CP in Thailand.

 

But the MG Headquarters is in Britain.

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

very difficult to understand what happened, that was quite an impact

Pretty sure the forthcoming impact to his bank account will far outweigh the damage to the car, probably cost him near to 3-4 million

[steve187]

a bad day for red cars

[DjSilver]

Yes, we always blame the Thai police here.

[sammieuk1]

Was he trying to rally the pound ????