Valentine Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) I cannot verify this nut my foreman just told me there has been a fairly big accident on Patak Rd by the Shell pump. Apparently all the power is down in that area. As I am writing this I have heard quite a number of rescue vehicles go past my place which is on Chao Fa West near Home Pro Village. Anyone have any reliable information? I would suggest not trying to go look with a car as traffic is already building up around the circle. Edited October 22, 2011 by Valentine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 The rumour I've just heard is a tourist bus crash (rolled over) in Rawai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I can confirm lots of sirens for the past couple hours and power just came back on. I'm near Tesco Rawaii and close enough to Shell that I can hear the shooting range clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Power was out in Rawai also for an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 The accident is on Patak Road at the bad bend going uphill from Chalong. There is a large coach involved parked across the road. But upright. No sign of damage on the side that I was looking at. There is an electric pole down and looks like some wreck in the pole. Hard to see as the bus is blocking the view and police won't allow anyone to pass the tape blocking the road. Many ambulances, I counted 5, fire engine, and other rescue vehicle on the Kata side of the accident. Expect there were more ambulances etc on the other side of the accident. Talk about a few deaths. Must have happened just after 08.00. By 08.30 police were directing traffic off Patak Road to take the mountain road (Kata Viewpoint) over to Chalong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGee Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 All Traffic crawls over the Viewpoint. took me 45 minutes from Sayuan to Kata. Traffic is solid around the Building Site at the Boathouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 An unnamed news source reports that one bus crashed on the turnoff from the main road that goes down by the old stunt show, and another bus tried to pass and crashed into a power pole. Two separate incidents in the same area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyoldman Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Traffic on Sai Yuan a nightmare, can't imagine the clusterfck it must be at the bottom of the viewpoint hill in Kata.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Story now in news section. Discussion continues ---> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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