Russian Tourists in lucky escape after Baht Bus loses power as it climbs the Pratamnuk Hill.

We attended a potentially serious road accident which occurred on the Pratamnuk Hill in South Pattaya, just before Midnight on Thursday Night. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wunlop from Pattaya Police Station investigated the incident which luckily did not cause injury. Baht Bus number 151, driven by Khun Somkit aged 54 was full will Russian Tourists who were retuning to their Hotel after a night out. The Baht Bus began to negotiate the steep hill but suddenly lost power and the Baht Bus began to fall backwards. The gear and brakes failed and the Bus collided with a concrete barrier on the side of the road which prevented the bus from falling off the side of the cliff. The Russian Tourists were shaken but not injured and were later transported back to their Hotel. As we were filming we spotted another Baht Bus which got into difficulties and appeared to lose power as it attempted to drive up this steep and dangerous hill.

Pattaya City News

Friday 14th December 2007

..I don't think it's a steep and dangerous hill....the Baht Buses are dangerous as the owners don't treat and service them as cars...they treat them like sh_t !

LaoPo

As LaoPo says the dangerous only thing about the hill is the Baht buses. I wonder how full the songtow was?

Given that the drivers sit and wait at the Pattaya Tai intersection until they cannot fit another passenger into the vehicle, maybe there was an overload problem that added to the maintenance issues that most of these transport devices have.

..I don't think it's a steep and dangerous hill....the Baht Buses are dangerous as the owners don't treat and service them as cars...they treat them like sh_t !

LaoPo

Ditto ... It's not the hill that's dangerous.

Silly reporting

Naka.

Baht Bus number 151, driven by Khun Somkit aged 54 was full will Russian Tourists who were retuning to their Hotel after a night out.

An over packed baht bus with huge Russian tourists, all with bulging beer bellies full of food and amber fluid, trying to negotiate a steep incline, is bound to struggle to reach the top of the hill.

They should have emptied their wallets to lighten the load.

Baht Bus number 151, driven by Khun Somkit aged 54 was full will Russian Tourists who were retuning to their Hotel after a night out.

An over packed baht bus with huge Russian tourists, all with bulging beer bellies full of food and amber fluid, trying to negotiate a steep incline, is bound to struggle to reach the top of the hill.

They should have emptied their wallets to lighten the load.

Sounds more like an Englishman.

Baht Bus number 151, driven by Khun Somkit aged 54 was full will Russian Tourists who were retuning to their Hotel after a night out.

An over packed baht bus with huge Russian tourists, all with bulging beer bellies full of food and amber fluid, trying to negotiate a steep incline, is bound to struggle to reach the top of the hill.

They should have emptied their wallets to lighten the load.

You can usually count on Thai teen gangs doing that for them late at night in this area - a little bit of "Thai Way Robbery" as it should be known - to distinguish it from the BIB roadblocks for cash all over Thailand - which is Highway Robbery.