Bus Stop falls onto Swedish Tourist on Jomtien Beach

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Bus Stop falls onto Swedish Tourist on Jomtien Beach



PATTAYA: -- On Saturday afternoon, Police and Rescue Services were called to Jomtien Beach following reports of a Bus Stop which had fallen onto a foreign tourist.

At the scene, a large crowd had gathered as medics attended to Mr. Christopher Kristoffsen aged 65 from Sweden. He was unconscious after the steel bus stop sign fell onto him after the nuts attaching the heavy object to the pavement came loose.

The victim was rushed to Pattaya Memorial Hospital where his injuries were described as serious but not life-threatening.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/112898/bus-stop-falls-onto-swedish-tourist-on-jomtien-beach/


-- Pattaya One 2013-12-23

[tominbkk]

New tourist attraction activity, pointing at things.

[JoeThePoster]

determine why the sign became so unstable without anyone realizing

Keeping up with where buses actually stop takes its toll on bus-stops, I guess.

[craigt3365]

That's a big sign. Hope the guy is OK.

They put a bus stop on Suk across from the floating market. Not sure why as buses just stop wherever they want, whenever they want. Driving by a few months ago I noticed it had fallen over. It was a very big structure, and you could see it was only set in about 1 foot of concrete. Crazy.

[craigt3365]

A few posts have been removed from view. Please show some respect to this person who was hit. He's in the hospital, so it must be serious.

[canopus1969]

Should have used bigger rawlplugs

[Pops]

New tourist attraction activity, pointing at things.

Photo attached also beautifully depicts the average PatayaJomtien foreign tourist.

[recycler]

Looks like a typical case of shoddy workmanship... but for sure nobody is responsible for this...

Hope the Swede will recover and can enjoy the remainder of his holiday, stay away from street furniture here!

[anon8]

Photo attached also beautifully depicts the average PatayaJomtien foreign tourist.

Yes yes, couple of handsom men in this shot.

But seriously, you can spot some stunning Russian guys on the beach at Jomtien now.

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[Crossy]

An off topic and derogatory post has been removed, let's keep it on-topic.

[AsiaCheese]

Bus stop sign - serving what purpose exactly? Wouldn't know about any busses stopping there, short of tourist dumpers dumping tourists, and baht busses parking at them... There are bus stops on Jomtien Sai 2, and the signs even have bus line numbers on them. Just no busses in sight, nothing like a schedule anywhere - future plans?

Edited December 23, 2013 by AsiaCheese

[bender92]

Looks like a typical case of shoddy workmanship... but for sure nobody is responsible for this...

Hope the Swede will recover and can enjoy the remainder of his holiday, stay away from street furniture here!

Sometimes the nuts are stolen to be recycled. The nuts should be spot-welded on.

[aechzen]

may he go to jail, for he broke the bus stop sign

[Ghostnigel]

New tourist attraction activity, pointing at things.

Photo attached also beautifully depicts the average PatayaJomtien foreign tourist.

The one on the right is on his way to Immigration...

[slipperylobster]

If only signs here were effective..not in this way however. Bigger and heavier signs do not produce better results.

[bobroper]

And the hospital bill to be paid by.......?

[jacko45k]

determine why the sign became so unstable without anyone realizing

Keeping up with where buses actually stop takes its toll on bus-stops, I guess.

I don't think there are any buses!

It collapsed due to depression and neglect.

[Jubes]

There's plenty of nuts in pattaya. But holding up bus signs then dropping it on some one is just cruel.

[EyesWideOpen]

I look forward to the hard hitting investigative reporting into the company that received the bid to

to put the signs up, and where the shoddy work went wrong. Will I be waiting a long time ??

[rct99q]

yIKEAs, very unfortunate.......here is for a speedy recovery.

[wprime]

Why are farangs always half naked when they appear in the news?

[EyesWideOpen]

Why are farangs always half naked when they appear in the news?

Because...........they are at the beach ???

[catweazle]

Shouldn't the headline read "bus stop sign falls..."? I was expecting to see a guy crushed under a bus stop station, complete with concrete foundation, the little house on it, and all that dropped mysteriously down from heaven

Quick and thorough recovery to the unfortunate Swede!

Nice jellybelly backdrop, perfect finger pointing - great photo! Thanks so much for that.

Edited December 23, 2013 by catweazle

[Lancelot]

Talk about wrong place at wrong time...

Hope the poor guy is OK.

One of the down sides to visiting/living here is that victims of negligence have little recourse to compensation for their injuries

[redutedog1]

gota be unlucky , like the aussie who leaned against a sigh in Bali and was electrocuted

I guess not have insurance

even if it is not his fault someone will have to pay in the end

[lostmebike]

Well I must say the OAPs down in Jomtien are looking buff, most 'hansum'

[lucjoker]

New tourist attraction activity, pointing at things.

Photo attached also beautifully depicts the average PatayaJomtien foreign tourist.

Yes, a lot of mono-kini's?

Those elderly tourists with breasts larger than their girlfriends',lol !

[Tywais]

New tourist attraction activity, pointing at things.

Photo attached also beautifully depicts the average PatayaJomtien foreign tourist.

Looks just like Florida.

[Oscar2]

typical shoddy workmanship! probably cheap Chinese bolts that were stripped or nuts and lock-washers missing. Thailand is so dangerous it is unbelievable.

is that what old falangs in Jomtien (never been there or Pattaya in 30 years here) look and dress like in public?

[guzzi850m2]

typical shoddy workmanship! probably cheap Chinese bolts that were stripped or nuts and lock-washers missing. Thailand is so dangerous it is unbelievable.

is that what old falangs in Jomtien (never been there or Pattaya in 30 years here) look and dress like in public?

No, that is how they dress when on the beach as one poster already mentioned.

They heard or saw the sign came crashing down and went to investigate.

I hope City Hall pays this poor guys hospitals bills and a nice compensation on top, not a good Christmas for him so far.