Man, 26, escapes with minor injuries after serious Phuket crash

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police arrived at the scene with Mai Khao rescue workers to find the back end of a wrecked Toyota Yaris wrapped around an uprooted lamp post. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A 26-year-old Phang Nga man was lucky to escape with only minor injuries after a serious crash in Mai Khao this morning (Sept 23).

 

Capt Thanom Thongpan from the Tha Chatchai Police received a call from a local resident at 9:48am reporting an accident on the Sai Kaew beach rd in Mai Khao, where it was stated a driver had lost control of his car and smashed into lamp post.

 

The driver was reported to have been trapped inside the vehicle.

 

Police arrived at the scene with Mai Khao rescue workers to find the rear-end of a wrecked Toyota Yaris wrapped around an uprooted lamp post. The driver, 26-year-old Patjukom Rattakarn from Phang Nga, was trapped inside.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/man-26-escapes-with-minor-injuries-after-serious-phuket-crash-59207.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2016-09-23

Just a bit of a scratch!

I'd be buying a lottery ticket after surviving that smash !!  Take about lucky.

 

I could only expect to escape from 'that' heap of shrapnel - if I had a parachute

That's what happens when vehicles are made from extruded recycled beer bottle tops.

Take also a look at the other photo.

This photo has a quite dramatic angle .

A very lucky man...

 

But how the heck did only the back end hit the pole. Weird.

3 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

A very lucky man...

 

But how the heck did only the back end hit the pole. Weird.

His insurance claim says that the light pole rear ended him.

Gee... Thai drivers... 

 

To bury the lamppost that far into the back of the car he must have been skidding backwards at a hell of a lick!!

 

I accept that the modern Japanese cars are built with built in obsolescence but even so...

WOW, his lucky amulet has just skyrocketed in value. Can't believe he survived that.

I hope he learned a lesson. (Probably did not)

6 hours ago, tifino said:

 

I could only expect to escape from 'that' heap of shrapnel - if I had a parachute

Parachutes fly up ?

Obviously, the transmission was in backwards........looks like 100kph + in reverse :))).........a farang couldn't do that!

3 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

Parachutes fly up ?

 ummm - a drag 'chute

    Luckily I was wearing my belt! 

15 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

A very lucky man...

 

But how the heck did only the back end hit the pole. Weird.

Lost the back end at high speed and did a 180.  Very lucky it wasn't a 270 or that post might have been coming in the drivers door.

Tears shed for fallen lamp post injured in the line of duty.

He used up one life already ,  he only got one left, but maybe he needs 9 lives to survive Thai roads in a lifetime.  

On 2016-09-23 at 5:09 PM, captainhornblower said:

 

To bury the lamppost that far into the back of the car he must have been skidding backwards at a hell of a lick!!

 

I accept that the modern Japanese cars are built with built in obsolescence but even so...

 

Yaris, Vios, March and the other mini cars are more toys than cars.. does not really count

 

The whole Car forum bashes any farang who buy those cars exactly for that reason.. if you have kids and you get hit by a flying empty pack of cigs.. well you just killed your kids with  that car.