Found alive! Bangkok motorist lost in the northern jungle for two days after car accident

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: That moment when you see your child again

 

A 50 year old Bangkok motorist who went missing in the jungles of Thoen in Lampang, northern Thailand after a car accident has been found. 

 

Investigators had found a Honda Accord in the Mae Pa creek at the weekend but no driver.

 

A search was mounted. 

 

The lady driver has now been found exhausted and staggering in the area of Mae Thort sub-district.

She was reunited with her daughter at the police station, reported Sanook.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

She has told the media that she suffered a microsleep or "lap nai" in Thai and drove into the creek.

 

Disorientated she tried to find her way back to the main road after she managed to extricate herself from the car.

 

But she ended up getting deeper and deeper into the jungle until she found officials eight kilometers away.

 

She said she slept in the jungle and drank creek water to survive. 

 

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[KhunLA]

So she wasn't really found, just happen to find her way back to the highway ...

... begs to ask, 'how drunk was she when she left the highway?"  ... ????

 

microsleep my A$$

[kcpattaya]

Cannabis for medicinal purposes... Not for driving cars.

[Tropicalevo]

Glad that the young lady found her way out OK.

Things could have so easily gone wrong.

[JulesMad]

micro sleep for a macro idiot ????
How difficult can it be to find the road where you came from?!?

[ourmanflint]

?? Doesn't look like a 50 yr old motorist in the photo, and why didn't she just go back the way she came? Surely the car didn't go that far from the road?

[n00dle]

and let the stupid comments roll in, we are off to an excellent start.

[Aussieroaming]

How stupid do you have to be to drive off of the road during a "micro sleep" and not even have the common sense to find the road that you stupidly drove off of. 

 

Lady, you do not have enough intelligence to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle. 

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

So she suffered a microsleep? Wow sounds like she is an innocent victim then?

 

What a bunch of BS. She didn't suffer from anything! She fell asleep at the wheel!!!

[Gandtee]

Anyone falling asleep at the wheel while driving should be charged with 'driving without undue care and attention' and punished. if you are tired, pull over and rest before you kill someone.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

She has told the media that she suffered a microsleep or "lap nai" in Thai and drove into the creek.

 

Disorientated she tried to find her way back to the main road after she managed to extricate herself from the car.

 

But she ended up getting deeper and deeper into the jungle until she found officials eight kilometers away.

I wonder how far she drove off-road to not be able to find her way back?

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Glad that the young lady found her way out OK.

Things could have so easily gone wrong.

Driving your car into a creek, I would say they did go wrong?

[flare]

This is a good example of why it's generally best to stay with your car if you're lost and/or stranded in the wilderness- it's usually the first thing rescuers find.

[Dante99]

Did she have the Permit that allows Bangkok residents to go into other parts of the country?  You know the Permit that screens for common sense.