Phuket police yet to question key witness of fatal Brit tuk-tuk incident

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Phuket police yet to question key witness of fatal Brit tuk-tuk incident
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET -- Police have yet to question the only witness to the death of a British woman who fell from the back of a Phuket tuk-tuk in the earlyhours of yesterday (Sunday) morning.

Elizabeth Corrigan, 29, was allegedly inebriated as she and a foreign man, who police decline to name, made their way from Soi Bangla in Patong to their hotel in Surin at about 3:30am.

“The driver of the tuk-tuk, Yongyuth Damkong, 44, told us that the pair had argued about which tuk-tuk to take back to their hotel. Eventually, they went with the one she had wanted to take,” Lt Prasert Thongprom of the Kamala Police said.

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Phuket-police-yet-question-key-witness-fatal/62689?desktopversion

-- Phuket Gazette 2015-12-21

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Police yet to rule British woman’s deadly fall from tuk-tuk an accident
The Phuket News


Elizabeth Corrigan, 29, died from head injuries sustained after she fell from a moving tuk-tuk en route from Patong to her hotel room in Kamala at about 3am yesterday (Dec 20). Photo: Kamala Police

PHUKET: -- Local police have yet to decide whether or not to rule the death of a British woman who died after falling from the back of a moving tuk-tuk on Kamala Hill early yesterday morning as an accident.

Elizabeth Corrigan, 29, died from head injuries sustained after she fell from a moving tuk-tuk en route from Patong to her and her male companion’s hotel room in Kamala at about 3am yesterday (Dec 20).

The tuk-tuk driver, 44-year-old Yongyut Damkong, tested negative for alcohol and claimed he was driving no faster than 40kmh when Ms Corrigan fell from his vehicle. Mr Yongyut’s wife was beside him in the driver’s cab throughout the entire journey.

“We have not pressed any charges against Mr Yongyut as we have yet to conclude our investigation. We want to be fair to all parties,” Kamala Police Chief Col ML Pattanajak Jakkapan told The Phuket News today.

Full Story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/police-yet-to-rule-british-woman-deadly-fall-from-tuk-tuk-an-accident-55506.php

-- Phuket News 2015-12-21

[Shot]

Not that it really matters, but yesterday (twice) they said the couple were headed for their hotel in Surin. Bad reporting or ???

[IamNoone88]

I have never seen a Tuk Tuk drive at 40km or less in 10 years - particularly one's that have a deafening music system.

I wonder if they will check the CCTV in the area ..... if they are working.

[hkt83100]

The 40 kms are unreasonable there, because the place on the picture is just after a downhill straight before going up a long way uphill. Ecvery Tuk-Tuk driver tries to get some speed which might help to move his tincan up.

There should be a CCTV cam at the police box, which is just about 80 to 100 meters from the location.

[SOTIRIOS]

...sickening....

...and pray tell...who is the witness.....

...not the 'driver's wife' again.....

...and bringing up 'They had an argument....'....like it has some bearing....and 'puts him off the hook'....

...they 'Took the one she wanted...'...so she did not jump...what does he want to imply......

...we do not even know if they were in fact drunk....do we....???

...such a blameless society....

[Old Croc]

The 40 kms are unreasonable there, because the place on the picture is just after a downhill straight before going up a long way uphill. Ecvery Tuk-Tuk driver tries to get some speed which might help to move his tincan up.

There should be a CCTV cam at the police box, which is just about 80 to 100 meters from the location.

I read elsewhere they have cctv coverage which shows the tuk tuk was driving slowly when the woman slipped and fell out.

[nasa123]

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Aussie-tourist-airlifted-Bangkok-fall-Phuket-tuktuk/16372 May be this can help you ;(

PHUKET: An Australian tourist on holiday in Phuket has been flown to Bangkok to receive treatment after suffering a serious head injury from falling off the back of a tuk-tuk in Patong last night.

Tuk-tuk driver Paiboon Hemwara, 30, told the Phuket Gazette that he picked up Mr Noble and his wife at the top of Soi Bangla at about 9pm.

“We were heading to their hotel. Both of them got into the back, but then her husband climbed out and stood on the back [of the tuk-tuk] and held on to the handles used for getting in and out of the rear cab,” he said.

Police, led by Patong Police Capt Jakkapong Luang-aon, arrived at the scene to find Mr Noble unconscious, lying in the middle of the road, bleeding from the face.

The accident occurred in front of OTOP Plaza on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Road, not 800 meters to the south of where the couple entered the tuk-tuk.

Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers rushed Mr Noble to Patong Hospital, but he was later transferred to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket Town.

Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Kittipong Klaikaew told the Gazette, “We have questioned the wife and the tuk-tuk driver; we are treating the incident as an accident.

“His travel insurance company was notified and Mr Noble was flown to Bangkok today to receive hospital treatment there,” he said.

Col Kittipong said that Mr Noble had yet to regain consciousness when he left Bangkok Hospital Phuket today.

The accident follows recent complaints from tuk-tuk drivers that to be legal under Ministry of Transport regulations, all tuk-tuks must have access to the rear cab from the side of the vehicle – not the rear of the vehicle.

A representative of one tuk-tuk co-operative complained that it was too expensive to modify tuk-tuks that were in operation before the regulation was introduced, citing prices as high as 100,000 baht to modify a tuk-tuk to make it legal.

UPDATE: The Phuket Gazette contacted Lt Col Kittipong to inquire about the facts as stated on the police report of this case. He told the Gazette that Mr Nobel's wife, the only witness, stated that her husband was inside the cab, not standing at the back. She said he leaned across the back of the cab to see if the air on the opposite side of the compartment would be more comfortable, then accidentally fell out of the vehicle. The driver Mr Paiboon told police he did not witness the accident, but initially presumed he must have been hanging from the back to have fallen from the vehicle. [Date of update: August 9, 2012]

– Kritsada Mueanhawong

- See more at: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Aussie-tourist-airlifted-Bangkok-fall-Phuket-tuktuk/16372#sthash.OV46YMdP.dpuf

[nasa123]

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Aussie-tourist-airlifted-Bangkok-fall-Phuket-tuktuk/16372 May be this can help you ;(

PHUKET: An Australian tourist on holiday in Phuket has been flown to Bangkok to receive treatment after suffering a serious head injury from falling off the back of a tuk-tuk in Patong last night.

Tuk-tuk driver Paiboon Hemwara, 30, told the Phuket Gazette that he picked up Mr Noble and his wife at the top of Soi Bangla at about 9pm.

“We were heading to their hotel. Both of them got into the back, but then her husband climbed out and stood on the back [of the tuk-tuk] and held on to the handles used for getting in and out of the rear cab,” he said.

Police, led by Patong Police Capt Jakkapong Luang-aon, arrived at the scene to find Mr Noble unconscious, lying in the middle of the road, bleeding from the face.

The accident occurred in front of OTOP Plaza on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Road, not 800 meters to the south of where the couple entered the tuk-tuk.

Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers rushed Mr Noble to Patong Hospital, but he was later transferred to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket Town.

Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Kittipong Klaikaew told the Gazette, “We have questioned the wife and the tuk-tuk driver; we are treating the incident as an accident.

“His travel insurance company was notified and Mr Noble was flown to Bangkok today to receive hospital treatment there,” he said.

Col Kittipong said that Mr Noble had yet to regain consciousness when he left Bangkok Hospital Phuket today.

The accident follows recent complaints from tuk-tuk drivers that to be legal under Ministry of Transport regulations, all tuk-tuks must have access to the rear cab from the side of the vehicle – not the rear of the vehicle.

A representative of one tuk-tuk co-operative complained that it was too expensive to modify tuk-tuks that were in operation before the regulation was introduced, citing prices as high as 100,000 baht to modify a tuk-tuk to make it legal.

UPDATE: The Phuket Gazette contacted Lt Col Kittipong to inquire about the facts as stated on the police report of this case. He told the Gazette that Mr Nobel's wife, the only witness, stated that her husband was inside the cab, not standing at the back. She said he leaned across the back of the cab to see if the air on the opposite side of the compartment would be more comfortable, then accidentally fell out of the vehicle. The driver Mr Paiboon told police he did not witness the accident, but initially presumed he must have been hanging from the back to have fallen from the vehicle. [Date of update: August 9, 2012]

– Kritsada Mueanhawong

- See more at: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Aussie-tourist-airlifted-Bangkok-fall-Phuket-tuktuk/16372#sthash.OV46YMdP.dpuf

READ THIS IMPORTENT: The accident follows recent complaints from tuk-tuk drivers that to be legal under Ministry of Transport regulations, all tuk-tuks must have access to the rear cab from the side of the vehicle – not the rear of the vehicle.

[nasa123]

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Aussie-tourist-airlifted-Bangkok-fall-Phuket-tuktuk/16372 May be this can help you ;(

PHUKET: An Australian tourist on holiday in Phuket has been flown to Bangkok to receive treatment after suffering a serious head injury from falling off the back of a tuk-tuk in Patong last night.

Tuk-tuk driver Paiboon Hemwara, 30, told the Phuket Gazette that he picked up Mr Noble and his wife at the top of Soi Bangla at about 9pm.

“We were heading to their hotel. Both of them got into the back, but then her husband climbed out and stood on the back [of the tuk-tuk] and held on to the handles used for getting in and out of the rear cab,” he said.

Police, led by Patong Police Capt Jakkapong Luang-aon, arrived at the scene to find Mr Noble unconscious, lying in the middle of the road, bleeding from the face.

The accident occurred in front of OTOP Plaza on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Road, not 800 meters to the south of where the couple entered the tuk-tuk.

Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers rushed Mr Noble to Patong Hospital, but he was later transferred to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket Town.

Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Kittipong Klaikaew told the Gazette, “We have questioned the wife and the tuk-tuk driver; we are treating the incident as an accident.

“His travel insurance company was notified and Mr Noble was flown to Bangkok today to receive hospital treatment there,” he said.

Col Kittipong said that Mr Noble had yet to regain consciousness when he left Bangkok Hospital Phuket today.

The accident follows recent complaints from tuk-tuk drivers that to be legal under Ministry of Transport regulations, all tuk-tuks must have access to the rear cab from the side of the vehicle – not the rear of the vehicle.

A representative of one tuk-tuk co-operative complained that it was too expensive to modify tuk-tuks that were in operation before the regulation was introduced, citing prices as high as 100,000 baht to modify a tuk-tuk to make it legal.

UPDATE: The Phuket Gazette contacted Lt Col Kittipong to inquire about the facts as stated on the police report of this case. He told the Gazette that Mr Nobel's wife, the only witness, stated that her husband was inside the cab, not standing at the back. She said he leaned across the back of the cab to see if the air on the opposite side of the compartment would be more comfortable, then accidentally fell out of the vehicle. The driver Mr Paiboon told police he did not witness the accident, but initially presumed he must have been hanging from the back to have fallen from the vehicle. [Date of update: August 9, 2012]

– Kritsada Mueanhawong

- See more at: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Aussie-tourist-airlifted-Bangkok-fall-Phuket-tuktuk/16372#sthash.OV46YMdP.dpuf

READ THIS IMPORTENT: The accident follows recent complaints from tuk-tuk drivers that to be legal under Ministry of Transport regulations, all tuk-tuks must have access to the rear cab from the side of the vehicle – not the rear of the vehicle.

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