Russians In Hospital After Tour Van Smash

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Russians in hospital after tour van smash

Phuket Gazette

Phuket Police direct traffic past the accident scene south of Patong. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

PHUKET: -- Four Russian tourists on their way to a Phuket magic show got a painful dose of reality on Thursday night, when the passenger van they were riding in collided with a delivery truck south of Patong.

The accident happened at about 7pm on Wiset Road in front of Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort on the first day of the nationwide Seven Days if Danger road safety campaign.

A security coordinator at the resort told the Gazette that one of his men witnessed the accident.

The driver of the delivery vehicle, heading towards Karon to transport goods to a Super Cheap convenience store, lost control when he had to slam on his brakes to avoid rear-ending a six-wheeled truck ahead of him, the guard said.

The truck swerved across the center line and hit the passenger van, reportedly en route to a performance of the Danze Fantasy magic show on Soi Bangla in Patong.

The van came to rest in the middle of the road, while the truck, with two Burmese workers in the back, went off the road and slid into a roadside ditch near the hotel entrance.

Phuket Kusoldham Foundation rescue workers said that the minivan driver, 28-year-old Supey Binchomphu, suffered a broken leg and three of the four Russians were rushed to Patong Hospital for emergency treatment.

The fourth Russian involved in the accident turned up at the hospital later for treatment of minor injuries.

Both Burmese workers were also treated at Patong Hospital. One required stitches for a laceration near his mouth and the other was treated for multiple bone fractures after he was thrown out of the vehicle.

The minivan driver and four Russians were later transferred to Bangkok Hospital in Phuket Town.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle11862.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-12-31

[Card]

Were the delivery vehicle and the truck the same vehicle here? Who was to blame? I assume the delivery vehicle was tail-gating the 6-wheeled truck?

Edited December 31, 2011 by Card

[fred110]

"The accident happened at about 7pm on Wiset Road in front of Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort on the first day of the nationwide Seven Days if Danger road safety campaign."

No 'if' about it, definitely dangerous times.

[housepainter]

For those who can't read and comprehend at the same time:

the slow moving large vehicle surprised the faster approaching smaller vehicle. The latter then swerved to avoid a rear end collision.

Got it?

The Russians are coming ......................... but never arrived.

The Burmese get a mention even if multiple fractures are classed in the same category as a cut mouth. I expect head aches and skull fractures are deemed the same in Thailand.

Not another dangerous road to blame for speeding untrained drivers having accidents? Clearly this one wasn't doing it the 'thai way high way' style as no one was killed.

Why no local safety campaign out to take the credit?

Forgot.

Saturday is out and collect the team money day.

Silly me.