Phuket driver plows into 7-Eleven store

Phuket Gazette

Witnesses said the driver may have accidentally stepped on the accelerator - and not the brake - when trying to stop. Photo: wichai Witthawat

A shopper inspects the damage to the 7-Eleven store in Cherng Talay, Phuket. Photo: Wichai Witthawat

PHUKET: -- A man accidentally rammed his car into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Phuket early yesterday morning, smashing the shopfront window and injuring two men, one seriously.

Just before 2am, Thalang Police were notified of the accident, at the 7-Eleven inside the PTT gas station on Srisoonthorn Road in Cherng Talay.

Arriving at the scene, officers found a Phuket-registered Honda City had crashed into the plate glass front window. Two motorbikes parked in front on the store were also damaged.

Two friends exiting the store at the time were injured.

Yingsak Na Nakhon, age about 30, suffered a bad gash to his right thigh and was bleeding profusely. Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers rushed him to Thalang Hospital for treatment.

Suffering a much less serious injury was 37-year-old Thom Bang-iam, whose foot was slashed open. He was treated at the scene and did not require hospital treatment.

Rescue workers said the driver, who would not give his name to reporters, did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol.

Witnesses said the car was pulling in to the 7-Eleven parking lot when it crossed over a sidewalk and fishtailed on the grass.

The driver likely tried to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting the front of the store, but hit the accelerator by mistake, they said.

Police took the driver to Thalang Police Station for questioning.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle12464.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-03-02

This driver had to climb up about 5 steps to get to that 7/11. The grass he "fishtailed" in is about 25 meters from where you park. Definately not a simple case of hitting the accelerator while easing into the parking spots there. Just some fancy drivin' IMHO

probably tried to park over the grass and next to the stairs to avoid a 5 seconds walk

Maybe he was on the phone and thought he could do a seamless top-up of his 1-2-call card at 7-11.

there certainly is alot of blood !!!!, lucky the guy didnt bleed to death !

^Assumptions, assumptions...that's where the salad and tomato sauce which goes on the hotdogs, is kept.

Always thought 7-11s should have a drive-through.

The driver obviously had some problem with his legs, that's why he didn't run away after causing carnage.