Anybody know what happened...when you come out of patong down the hill and about 500mt from the police checkpoint...there was a minivan stopped on the road facing the wrong direction (was facing into patong on the outbound lane) anyway the front of this minivan was smashed up and looked like he hit a scooter...about 200mt further down directly out the front of the new yoga place there was a hilux again facing the wrong way..but this one had a single bullet hole through the passenger window!!! many police/rescue and even more bystanders...id love to know what happened!!!! I drove past at about 8:15 id say..

look like another day in the LOS

Yeah I posted on Phuket Info about this last night as it was then unverified..

One of the older soi ladies who sit outside watching everyone and everything said there was an argument and one guy chased another guy (she made it sound like in vehicles) spraying lose shots.. Guy A pops guy B and then theres the RTA out on the Kathu main road by the junction of the go kart track into Soi Bangthong.

The thai paper is reporting it today..the owner from "99 restaraunt" on song roy pee was shot and killed i eat at this place all the time its a great little restaraunt!!!

very sad indeed!

TUNG TONG: Police are investigating the shooting murder of a seafood restaurant owner early yesterday evening that caused a multiple-car accident at the bottom of Patong Hill.

Thung Thong Police Superintendent Col Arayapan Pukbuakao identified the victim as 38-year-old Sirichai “Yod” Chaikoo, part owner of the 99 Seafood Restaurant on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd in Patong, opposite the Royal Paradise Hotel complex.

Police thus far have no eye-witnesses to the murder, which took place about 6:40 pm.

Initially reported to police as a multi-car traffic accident, police and several vehicles of rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation arrived quickly at the scene.

Inside a metallic-gray 4WD Toyota Hilux Vigo pickup that rolled to a stop near the intersection of Soi Bangtong, just north of the Go Kart Speedway, they found K. Sirichai unconscious but still breathing.

He had sustained a single 9mm bullet wound.

Fired from the driver’s side, the bullet had entered his right ribcage and ruptured his spine.

Four other bullets fired at the victim missed their target, hitting the driver’s seat, windows and door.

K. Sirichai was rushed to Vachira Phuket Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead at about 10 pm.

From an initial investigation of the crime scene, police believe the shooting was carried out by two assassins on a motorbike, though they, as yet, have no witnesses to confirm this.

“It must have been a difficult hit given the location and traffic conditions in the area,” Col Arayapan said.

After being hit, the victim lost control of the vehicle, which was heading toward Patong Hill after turning left from Soi Bangtong. It collided with a minivan heading towards Phuket City that came to stop in front of a row of shophouses.

The number and extent of other injuries has not yet been reported.

Police noted that the victim’s female business partner was shot in an assassination attempt at Soi Kathu Waterfall two months ago, but survived.

The victim, acquitted by Petchburi Provincial Court of charges of raping a minor many years ago, had no criminal convictions, Col Arayapan said.

Police suspect a business dispute, personal argument or romantic jealousy as possible motives.

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Apirak Hongthong arrived to inspect the scene at about 8 pm, while there were still many curious onlookers.

Police suspect a business dispute, personal argument or romantic jealousy as possible motives.

along with the Easter bunny, Christmas, and New Years, dam_n the BIB are good!