Not a good idea to try driving up the BTS steps in a Benz!

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Not a good idea to try driving up the BTS steps in a Benz!

Thaivisa Reporters

Image: Khaosod.co.th

BANGKOK:-- A Korean man drove his brand new Mercedes Benz smack bang into the stairs of the Thong Lo BTS on Sunday morning. But he lived to tell the tale with barely a scratch, reports Thaivisa News.

He somehow managed to jump onto the footpath in the classy C300 destroying the front of the vehicle but suffered no injuries.

However, air bags deployed and he was found by a food seller starting her early morning rounds unconscious behind the wheel.

Kumki Lee, around 30 years old, was taken to Bumrungrad hospital.

Phuang Phuangpila, 49, got the shock of her life when she pushed her food cart along the sidewalk at 6.30 am. The Benz was jammed into the damaged stairway.

The lights were on and the engine was running and the driver was "asleep" behind the wheel, she said.

Initial investigation revealed that the Benz had Class One insurance. Police suspect negligent driving but investigations continue before further action is taken.

-- 2016-03-27

[colinneil]

Merc drivers are doing some crazy things this month.

Maybe they are checking out the mercs safety features.

[trigpoint]

pissed as a newt, no idea what happened, lucky nobody injured, hope he gets charged for DD, but if he has plenty of money as he seems to have, no action will be taken.

[trogers]

Probably had to save on the price of liquor to pay for the Benz, and so he drank Lao Khao...

[melvinmelvin]

he should have picked one of the entrances with escalator, might have brought him up to the ticket counter

[thrilled]

He was thinking it was A short cut,lol

[MaxLee]

How can someone Non-Thai be so stupid????????

[flyDelight]

Just a Thai or Chinese Mercedes, not a real one made in Germany.

[ezzra]

Or, maybe back home in Korea you can climb up the escalator with a car, who knows what he was thinking?...

[pedro01]

"Police suspect negligent driving but investigations continue before further action is taken."

Well - I suspect he was sh**faced drunk.

But really - how can you only suspect negligent driving when his car is wedged in the skytrain stairs? They waiting to see how wealthy he is when he finishes his nap?

Seems like an open and shut case to me. We need to get these drunken nuts off the road.

I remember once in a taxi about 4am going down Rama IV road - it looked like something out of Mad Max, the number of accidents. The mangled Tuk Tuk made me shiver...

Edited March 27, 2016 by pedro01

[catman20]

How can someone Non-Thai be so stupid????????

but was Asian

[Estrada]

No problem, it is Thonglor where the son of Red Bull hit a policeman on his motorbike with his Ferrari and got away with it. Even if the case gets to court they will find that the Policeman reversed his motorbike into the Ferrari. Similarly, with the right lubrication to the wheels of justice, they will conclude that the BTS stairs jumped out in front of the Korean's Mercedes.

[Srikcir]

Phuang was just looking for the BTS car park.

Hint: there are none.

[steven100]

Pissed driving ..... should loose his licence for 2 years & 50,000 baht fine ..... what if he hit & killed someone ....

[wvavin]

Such irresponsible road menace should be taken off from the public road.

[sabaii69]

Merc drivers are doing some crazy things this month.

Maybe they are checking out the mercs safety features.

Hell, I don't like walking up the stairs either. Install an escalator or people will drive up. My Honda bike just don't have the power.

[sanukjim]

Ahhh speed and proberly alcohol replace brains every time.I guess that he was trying to fit in with the rich locals.Hell this may get him a step up on permanent residency.Of course he did loose points because he didn't hit anyone.I hope that he had his "The gas peddle stuck and the breaks failed" story ready.

[hobobo]

He should be made to pay double for his next Merc, or go for a Lambo (they are a bit narrower)

[godden]

only thing he should be in charge of is a zimmer frame but even that might be to much for him to handle.

[eggers]

Maybe, there's a move away from balconies to Benz's!!!

[JGV]

Another example of human intelligence and how it adapts to its surroundings

A lot of money does not equal alot of brains

[happy chappie]

One day the insurance companies are going to click on about giving insurance policies out to young head cases with high powered autos.my daughters insurance quote was £4000 @17yrs on a fiat 1000cc.and she can drive and knows the hi way code.they think the difference between a continuous yellow centre line and a striped centre line is...they are saving paint..TIT

[novo58]

maybe he thought it was an overpass for a u turn ????

[djayz]

Fortunately nobody was injured....

[chrisdodd]

Pissed driving ..... should loose his licence for 2 years & 50,000 baht fine ..... what if he hit & killed someone ....

Absolutely correct....hope this is what happens

[Time Traveller]

Would be interested to know what insurance company he is with. Drivers like that are the reason premiums are so high.

[3SoiDogNight]

I missed out. This is the BTS station closest to me. I even know the street vendor - Mrs. Phuang Phuangpila.

[dennnis]

It reminds me of this

[moonoi]

I like that everyone just assumes he was drunk without evidence.

How about the possibility he had a medical issue whilst driving, that caused him to go off the road?

[TEFLKrabi]

I like that everyone just assumes he was drunk without evidence.

How about the possibility he had a medical issue whilst driving, that caused him to go off the road?

Exactly, or swerved to avoid some crazy drunk youth on a motorbike.