British Man in Pattaya Crashes Motorcycle into Sidecar, Driver Severely Injured

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Pattaya — A British man crashed his motorcycle into a sidecar in Pattaya, leaving the sidecar driver and a passenger critically injured.

At 4:30 AM on September 8th, 2024, Pattaya police received a report of a severe collision between a motorcycle and a sidecar in front of the Eakmongkol Village on Soi Chaiyaphruek 1 in the Nongprue sub-district, Banglamung district, Chonburi province. Police officers, along with rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation, rushed to the scene.

 

Upon arrival, authorities found motorcycle parts scattered across the road. In the middle of the street, a severely damaged sidecar motorcycle was discovered, with the driver, identified as Mr. Narong Thaesungnoen, 68, lying unconscious in a pool of blood.

The Thai driver had suffered broken arms, a fractured left leg, and a large head wound. Nearby, a red Honda ADV 350cc motorcycle was found overturned and heavily damaged. The driver, Mr. Mikel (full name withheld by authorities), a 35-year-old British national, was bleeding profusely from a head injury. An unidentified Thai woman, who had been riding pillion on Mr. Mikel’s motorcycle, was also found in serious condition.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 

-- 2024-09-09

 

 

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[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A British man crashed his motorcycle into a sidecar in Pattaya, leaving the sidecar driver and a passenger critically injured.

collision between a motorcycle and a sidecar in front of the Eakmongkol Village on Soi Chaiyaphruek 1

Similar Brit rider accident less than 2 weeks ago, around the corner on Watboon. 

 

 

Slow down people. 

 

 

Edited September 8 by SAFETY FIRST

[hotchilli]

That's gonna cost him big time.

[Gottfrid]

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

Edited September 8 by Gottfrid

[roo860]

6 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

Have you seen the Pattaya News report link?

[NE1]

29 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

" According to the Thai woman who was riding on the motorcycle, she and Mr. Mikel had been out drinking and were on their way back to their accommodation. She stated to authorities that the foreigner had allegedly smoked cannabis and was speeding before the accident occurred ".

 

[mikebell]

Mr. Mikel is not a typical British name.  Check if he owns a channel-crossing dinghy.

[JoePai]

53 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

Seems he had been smoking the funny stuff

[Andre0720]

Yup. fits the profile.

Foreigner, 25 to 35 years old, on a high powered motorbike, trying to impress a Thai girl, driving irresponsibly, ending up injuring or killing himself and a Thai girl, and sometimes including collateral damage.

[save the frogs]

born to be wild

[Grumpy one]

Later this week Mikel's family will no doubt be starting a go fund me page  

[jacko45k]

17 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Mr. Mikel is not a typical British name.  Check if he owns a channel-crossing dinghy.

What is these days....?

[Lokie]

Mohammed, most popular british boys name last few years...

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

Try reading the article before rushing to comment.

Drunk, high on cannabis and excessive speed.

Speed being the problem by the look of the damage.

Edited September 9 by MalcolmB

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, roo860 said:

Have you seen the Pattaya News report link?

No, I missed that. Stopped looking for them as half of the news don´t have them anymore. However, read it now and the guy is a total moron.

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

Seems he had been smoking the funny stuff

Yeah, missed to click on the link. 

[Gottfrid]

25 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Try reading the article before rushing to comment.

Drunk, high on cannabis and excessive speed.

Speed being the problem by the look of the damage.

Yeah, I know. I missed to check that.

[zyphodb]

1 hour ago, Andre0720 said:

Yup. fits the profile.

Foreigner, 25 to 35 years old, on a high powered motorbike, trying to impress a Thai girl, driving irresponsibly, ending up injuring or killing himself and a Thai girl, and sometimes including collateral damage.

A high powered motorbike? It's a scooter 555

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

If you click on the full story she has already told the cops, they were out drinking and he had smoked cannabis. But if you look at the sidecar, as usual with these, I don't see any lights on it. But we all know who will be blamed.

[brianthainess]

13 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

A high powered motorbike? It's a scooter 555

350 cc is quite powerful IMO

[Madgee]

11 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

A high powered motorbike? It's a scooter 555

Honda ADV 350. It's capable of 150 kmph .... Plenty fast enough to achieve carnage. 

[KhunBENQ]

"Eyewitnesses reported that they saw the foreigner driving at high speed from South Pattaya Road"

... to Chaiyapruek?

Did they follow him all the way from there?

 

Edited September 9 by KhunBENQ

[zyphodb]

4 minutes ago, Madgee said:

Honda ADV 350. It's capable of 150 kmph .... Plenty fast enough to achieve carnage. 

 

True, still not even close to a high powered motorbike though...

Edited September 9 by zyphodb

[Gottfrid]

9 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

If you click on the full story she has already told the cops, they were out drinking and he had smoked cannabis. But if you look at the sidecar, as usual with these, I don't see any lights on it. But we all know who will be blamed.

Yeah, I missed the link as I posted numerous of times now. 🙂 

Regarding the blame, after reading all, he should have all the blame if it´s true.

[Andre0720]

24 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

A high powered motorbike? It's a scooter 555

Ok then.

Just for you...

Driving a hell of a scooter, an ADV 350 c.c..

[FritsSikkink]

27 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

If you click on the full story she has already told the cops, they were out drinking and he had smoked cannabis. But if you look at the sidecar, as usual with these, I don't see any lights on it. But we all know who will be blamed.

Drinking, cannabis and speeding. Who should be blamed? 

[Kinok Farang]

1 hour ago, Lokie said:

Mohammed, most popular british boys name last few years...

Called our last child Mohammed here in the UK.

Didn't want him to feel left out when he eventually started school.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

One must wonder in what state he was, driving at 04.30 with his GF? Hopefully not drunk on top of everything.

Stoned, inebriated and driving at speed, as the article mentions.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

Yup. fits the profile.

Foreigner, 25 to 35 years old, on a high powered motorbike, trying to impress a Thai girl, driving irresponsibly, ending up injuring or killing himself and a Thai girl, and sometimes including collateral damage.

"Yup, fits the [AN poster] profile", no one was killed in the accident.

Edited September 9 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Drunk, high on cannabis and excessive speed.

Speed being the problem by the look of the damage.

Yes, as you're a self-confessed drunk driver, why not minimise the drunk-driving part as though that is not a problem but blame the other factors!