Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A 29-year-old woman has been taken into custody after a dramatic early morning crash in central Pattaya, following a heated argument with her friend who begged her not to drive while intoxicated.

 

The incident took place at around 06.00 on Pattaya 3rd Road, in front of Pattaya City Hospital entrance. Pattaya City Police and emergency personnel responded swiftly to the scene after receiving reports of a collision involving multiple parked vehicles.

 

On arrival, officers discovered a white MG3 saloon car with red licence plates, its front end damaged. According to reports, the car had raced across the road and ploughed into a stationary Honda Mobilio with Bangkok registration plates, which was parked along the roadside. The impact caused the Honda to crash into a second parked vehicle nearby, resulting in damage to all three cars.

 

 

The driver of the MG3, identified only as Ms. A appeared visibly intoxicated at the scene. She was detained by officers and taken to undergo a blood alcohol test.

 

Witnesses stated that shortly before the crash, Ms. A had a loud argument with a female friend inside the vehicle. The friend repeatedly warned her not to drive, citing her clearly impaired condition. However, Ms. A ignored the warnings and allegedly accelerated forcefully as she drove off, losing control and crossing lanes.

 

Police have confirmed that Ms. A was taken to a local station for formal alcohol testing. All affected parties have been advised to file official complaints so that legal proceedings can move forward in accordance with the law.

 

The investigation is ongoing.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-08-02

 

 

 

Another example of the smart move to open the entertainment venues till dawn... It will only bring bad things.. Closing hours should be in week days at 1 am and weekend at 2 am... Time enough to get drunk

Can't tell many a drunken woman what to do... just taking the keys is the only way. She could at least have hit the illegally parked pickup, parked in the middle of the crossing!

9 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Can't tell many a drunken woman what to do... just taking the keys is the only way. She could at least have hit the illegally parked pickup, parked in the middle of the crossing!

 

Back in high school and college, we used to take out their distributor rotor.  Of course, back then, you could open the hood from outside and the cars actually had distributors.

 

Lots of drunk people carried spare keys.  None of them carried a spare rotor.

 

23 hours ago, impulse said:

Lots of drunk people carried spare keys.  None of them carried a spare rotor.

Sounds like drunk driving was all part of the plan!

23 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Back in high school and college, we used to take out their distributor rotor.  Of course, back then, you could open the hood from outside and the cars actually had distributors.

 

Lots of drunk people carried spare keys.  None of them carried a spare rotor.

 

The old rotor removal. Yup, my Pop, a motor mechanic taught me this. Not to stop drink driving but to hopefully stop theft when my panel van was parked on the street each night. Thanks for the memory.🙃🙃

On 8/2/2025 at 3:04 PM, ikke1959 said:

Another example of the smart move to open the entertainment venues till dawn... It will only bring bad things.. Closing hours should be in week days at 1 am and weekend at 2 am... Time enough to get drunk

Back when all the entertainment in Pattaya was open 24 hours, there was far less violence and recklessness than there is today, a far better environment altogether!

21 hours ago, LennyW said:

Back when all the entertainment in Pattaya was open 24 hours, there was far less violence and recklessness than there is today, a far better environment altogether!

Oh well, much as we all ache for the good old days they  won't be coming back!