Phuket tour bus avoids car, but clips motorcyclist near Kata Hill

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Phuket tour bus avoids car, but clips motorcyclist near Kata Hill
Phuket Gazette


The tour bus clipped a motorcyclist while swerving to avoid hitting a car near Kata Hill. Photo: Chalong Police

PHUKET: -- A man parking his motorbike by the side of the road near Chalong Circle escaped with minor injuries this morning when a Phuket tour bus clipped him while trying to avoid an accident.

The bus driver told police that he was en route to Kata when a car cut in front of him near the Sarapan Pleng bar, west of Chalong Circle (map here), Lt Cholada Chokdeesrijan of Chalong Police Station told the Phuket Gazette.

As he attempted to avoid hitting the car, the driver clipped the side of a motorcycle that was being parked by the side of the road.

“The motorcyclist sustained minor injuries to his foot and knee. He was discharged from hospital after treatment,” Lt Cholada said.

“The bus driver was charged with reckless driving causing property damage. He has paid the fine at the Chalong Police Station,” she added.

The police declined to provide names, other than that of tour bus owner Best Way Trip Co Ltd, citing that the case was closed.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2014/Phuket-tour-bus-avoids-car-but-clips-motorcyclist-near-Kata-Hill-23268.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2014-01-13

[lonexpat]

Not a good day for accidents in Kata. Passed 2 horrific ones today. In the morning ( looked like 1 dead ) and again in the evening, mini van and car.

[Tiffer]

Well, it's lucky the law doesn't allow victims to disfigure / dismember / terminate innocent members of incompetent bus / van / taxi drivers otherwise accidents would decrease overnight.

[stevenl]

Not a good day for accidents in Kata. Passed 2 horrific ones today. In the morning ( looked like 1 dead ) and again in the evening, mini van and car.

If the same one I saw, just after 4 and before kata temple coming from chalong, also a watertruck was involved.

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[lonexpat]

I did notice the water truck. The one about 9:20 on Kata hill was pretty bad. It looked like a lorry went into the back of a bike.

[bangkokheat]

there was a horrific accident couple nights ago on soi threprasit, motorcycle taxi ran into the back of another bike, he came off his bike and a bus ran over his head

[osiboy]

so many buddha icons in his vision-line im not surprised,......they obviously helped him tho right ?

[stevenl]

Not a good day for accidents in Kata. Passed 2 horrific ones today. In the morning ( looked like 1 dead ) and again in the evening, mini van and car.

If the same one I saw, just after 4 and before kata temple coming from chalong, also a watertruck was involved.

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Just spoke to a guy who was behind it and just managed to avoid it that also a motorbike was involved.

[sojourner007]

Yet another road accident in Phuket caused by a Russian tour bus.