One Dead, One Injured In Phuket High-Speed Crash

One dead, one injured in Phuket high-speed crash

Phuket Gazette

Phuket rescue workers console Panlop, who was still trapped in the vehicle, as they try to free him from the wreck. Photo: Wichai Witthawat

Rescue workers form Phuket Kusoldharm Foundation use 'jaws of life' hydraulic cutters to free Panlop, who was trapped in the rear of the vehicle. Photo: Wichai Witthawat

PHUKET: One man died and another was seriously injured in a high-speed accident in the north of Phuket early this morning.

Lt Kraithong Misang of Thalang Police told the Phuket Gazette that at about 4am he received a report that a car had hit a power pole in front of the Caltex Gas Station near Wat Srisoonthorn on Thepkrasatttri Road, north of Phuket Town.

At the scene, officers found a black Nissan Cefiro upside down, wrapped around a power pole.

The driver, Teeradet Prommas, escaped serious injury and exited the vehicle on his own.

Songpol Yokchua, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, died in the accident.

Kusoldham Rescue workers raced to free Teeradet's 21-year-old brother Panlop who was trapped in the back seat of the wreck.

“It took about half an hour to get Panlop free. He suffered serious injuries, including two broken legs,” said one of the rescue workers.

Witnesses told police that the car was heading north away from Phuket City at high speed when it struck the power pole.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2011/article11532.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-11-27