Phuket women escape serious injury by falling pine tree

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Phuket women escape serious injury by falling pine tree
Eakkapop Thongtub


The pine tree which fell and hit two Phuket women.

PHUKET: -- Two Thai women managed to escape serious injury yesterday afternoon (September 11), when a pine tree fell on them while they were riding a motorbike.

Pranee Kreewa, 34, and her friend Mayawee Ratthanakosin, 27, were driving from Kamala to Cherng Talay when a pine tree fell in front of them, close to the new Novotel Phuket Kamala Beach.

Strong winds are believed to have dislodged the tree, which clipped an electricity line on its way down before crashing into the women.

The women fell off their bike and both suffered cuts and bruises to their heads, but escaped without serious injury.

The pine tree was removed around one hour later.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-women-escape-serious-injury-by-falling-pine-tree-41859.php


-- Phuket News 2013-09-12

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Phuket storm pulls down pine tree, power cables
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Two women were injured when a pine tree toppled by high winds landed on them as they were riding a motorbike on the Phuket west coast road between Kamala and Cherng Talay yesterday.

The tree took down a high-voltage cable as it fell, knocking out power to the nearby area but not harming the women.

Police responding to the call at 5:45pm found Mayavee Rattakosin, 27, and Pranee Kreewan, 34 on the road with head injuries just before the Novotel Hotel entrance.

“We had just finished running an errand in Cherng Talay and were on our way home,” Ms Mayavee said.

“The rain had stopped, but it was windy on the way back to Kamala. The pine tree fell on the cables and hit us. We both fell off the motorbike,” she said.

The women were treated for head injuries by Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers before being transferred to Patong Hospital, said Lt Col Wanlop Pitakthorn of the Kamala Police.

Both women were discharged from the hospital yesterday after receiving treatment for their injuries.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-storm-pulls-down-pine-tree-power-cables-22224.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-09-12

[lee b]

Lucky girls !! Ow that would of hurt !

[farangbanok]

From OP

The women fell off their bike and both suffered cuts and bruises to their heads,

Does this imply that, as seems to be the local fashion, they were not wearing helmets?