Pattaya Police Officer critically injured in road crash

PATTAYA:--A Pattaya Police Officer is currently fighting for his life following a road accident involving a coach and the officer’s motorbike.

Just before 6.30pm on Friday, Police and rescue services were called to the scene of the crash in Soi Huay Yai in the Eastern outskirts of Pattaya. Lying underneath the front of a coach was Police Senior Sergeant Major Pichaert who was reportedly travelling to Pattaya Police Station where he was about to start his Evening shift.

He collided with the front of a coach operated by the First Transport Company and driven by Khun Gorawit. The coach was initiating a right-hand turn into a side-road leading to an elephant park where he was due to pick-up a group of Chinese Tourists. As he started the turn, the Police Officer was travelling in the opposing lane and struck the front of the coach as it made the turn.

The coach driver claimed the Police Officer was travelling at a high rate of speed whereas witnesses stated the opposite and claimed the coach driver failed to see the approaching motorbike and initiated the right-hand turn without checking for oncoming traffic.

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The coach driver claimed the Police Officer was travelling at a high rate of speed whereas witnesses stated the opposite and claimed the coach driver failed to see the approaching motorbike and initiated the right-hand turn without checking for oncoming traffic.

Bus drivers generally think they ARE the law. Hope he'll have a speedy and full recovery.

Get well soon

Sorry for the police officer, but with any luck, someone will start taking a closer look at these stupid bus drivers. Yes, they think they the own the road, along with mini van drivers, a class of their own. Often see buses racing down Sukhumvit , and not paying much attention to the red lights, especially when they are in some sort of convoy, as if they are above the traffic laws.