Two foreigners injured in early morning head-on collision with Phuket taxi

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Two foreigners injured in early morning head-on collision with Phuket taxi
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Police said that all the people involved were drunk and could not communicate. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- Two foreigners were hospitalised in the early hours of this morning (Feb 29) when they crashed their vehicle into a taxi in Thepkassattri.

Capt Natthaya Supanpong from Thalang Police received a call from local residents at 1am stating that two foreigners were injured in a crash on the Baan Don-Thalang Rd in Thepkassatttri. A passenger was still trapped in the vehicle.

Residents were worried that because the accident happened on a dark bend, others vehicles might not see the wreckage and further accidents could follow as a result.

Police arrived with Kusoldharm rescue workers where they found a wrecked red Toyota Yaris in the middle of the road. A British woman was attending to an injured foreign man at the side of the road.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/two-foreigners-injured-in-early-morning-head-on-collision-with-phuket-taxi-56406.php


-- Phuket News 2016-02-29

[trogers]

How did the rear of their car suffer extensive damage when they drove into a taxi?

[James T]

Mmmm....let's get ready for the usual onslaught of "It's dangerous doing ********** in Thailand, so nobody should go there......"

The guy driving was obviously drunk, as were his passengers, so they shouldn't have been driving in ANY country! Thank God nobody died......they got off lucky!

[NCC1701A]

building vacation memories that will last a lifetime.

"honey remember that time in Thailand when we where drunk, smashed a car and we were laying on the side of the road and thrown in jail for drunk drinking?"

"what that the time with the green car?"

"no honey, this time the was red car and you had a lady boy in your jail cell."

Edited February 29, 2016 by NCC1701A

[Amusements]

How did the rear of their car suffer extensive damage when they drove into a taxi?

It must of been travelling backwards! After all the headlines can't be wrong ........can they?

[NCC1701A]

How did the rear of their car suffer extensive damage when they drove into a taxi?

The taxi,driver, Chainarong Pethdam, 46, told police that he had just picked up three tourists from the airport and was heading to Patong when the red Yaris, which was driving on the wrong side of the road, lost control, spun and slammed into his vehicle.

Edited February 29, 2016 by NCC1701A

[LivinginKata]

How did the rear of their car suffer extensive damage when they drove into a taxi?

Usual sensational headline ... read the full story ...

"The taxi,driver, Chainarong Pethdam, 46, told police that he had just picked up three tourists from the airport and was heading to Patong when the red Yaris, which was driving on the wrong side of the road, lost control, spun and slammed into his vehicle"

[trogers]

How did the rear of their car suffer extensive damage when they drove into a taxi?

The taxi,driver, Chainarong Pethdam, 46, told police that he had just picked up three tourists from the airport and was heading to Patong when the red Yaris, which was driving on the wrong side of the road, lost control, spun and slammed into his vehicle.

Lost control resulting in spinning. Braking at a fast speed into a bend.

[Ace of Pop]

Its got those wheels show offs n Boy Racers like.No Wonder.

[James T]

Mmmm.....let's see....

Boy racer.....girls in the car...been clubbing...drunk....showing off...oops!

Yep, sounds like completely normal 'civilized' behavior to me?

Just wondering if this was tourists in a hire car....or someone who lives there, but still think they know better? If a hire car, they'll be getting presented with a nice little bill when the Insurer's say they aren't interested!

[James T]

No word in the article about the passengers in the taxi, so presumably they were unhurt? Great start to their holiday though, hey?

[simon43]

Police said that all the people involved were drunk and could not communicate.

Huh? Does that include the taxi driver and his passengers?

[LivinginKata]

Police said that all the people involved were drunk and could not communicate.

Huh? Does that include the taxi driver and his passengers?

Yes, I wondered about that. No photos of the taxi damage.

[DipStick]

But surely this cannot be classified as a head on collision can it ?

[3NUMBAS]

They seek excitement and adventure. And they found some !any insurance?

[LivinginKata]

But surely this cannot be classified as a head on collision can it ?

Perhaps the taxi hit the Yaris head on when the Yaris spun. But as yet no photos of the taxi ?

[bearpolar]

well at least we've seen that they are finaly thinking about putting separators in bends. They are doing it on patak kata/chalong. If they keep going with this, we might save a few life a years. Gotta babysit humans on the roads.

[little mary sunshine]

Probably just left the bar after telling people

How bad the Thais drive.

[thhMan]

Probably just left the bar after telling people

How bad the Thais drive.

Or how good the Thais lie....

Good to know the Taxi was keeping up to the Yaris, so it couldnt avoid any collision... on a dark bend.... at the early hours of the morning....

[farcanell]

Police said that all the people involved were drunk and could not communicate.

Huh? Does that include the taxi driver and his passengers?

Poor writing of the headline, I think.... The police were referring to the occupants of the red Yaris, when saying that they were too drunk to communicate.

The supplied link has a quotation from the taxi driver, so obviously he was not too drunk to communicate

That said, I'm prepared to be wrong, and won't be surprised if I am wrong.... Now that's just wrong!

[Old Croc]

I think the taxi driver is blameless here. We all know how these vehicles drive slowly and very carefully when coming from the airport with Passengers.

[mcfish]

How did the rear of their car suffer extensive damage when they drove into a taxi?

Let's not complicate things with trivial questions

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