Seat belt saves youngster in horror crash

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Seat belt saves youngster in horror crash

By Online Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- In the afternoon of June 12th, Pattaya police and emergency services were called to the scene of a horror crash involving a young Thai girl.

 

Arriving at the scene, police found a black Mazda 2 overturned on the side of the road. The incident took place near to the railway line on the number 36 motorway.

  

The victim, a 22 year old Thai girl was still stuck inside the car when the police arrived. It took them roughly 30 minutes before they managed to break the back window and rescue her.

 

Amazingly, the victim had suffered only minor injuries, but was in a state of shock more than anything else.

 

After settling down, the victim told police that she had been driving to work when some documents fell down from the glove box. She tried stretching over to retrieve the documents, but when she looked up, she realised she was in the wrong lane heading straight for an electrical pole.

 

By that time, it was too late and she hit the pole before flipping into the grassy ditch beside the road. She waited for help, but no one was around to provide assistance. After a short while of being stuck in the care, she managed to grab her phone and call her friends.

 

They arrived at the scene shortly after but were unable to set the victim free, so called for emergency back-up.

 

Police are convinced that the fact that the young victim was wearing her seat belt has probably saved her life.

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya One 2017-06-13

[Aussieroaming]

lucky girl...lucky not to kill herself or anyone else. Hopefully a good lesson learnt.

[mikebell]

Headline - 'Seat belt does its job. Police don't.'

 

30 minutes to break a rear window!  What were they using, Plasticine? Why didn't they just shoot holes in it?

[Searat7]

A 22 year old is a youngster ?

[Moonlover]

2 minutes ago, Searat7 said:

A 22 year old is a youngster ?

From my perspective, she certainly is a youngster. Young enough to have not yet learned to keep her hands on the steering wheel and her eyes on the road!

 

I hope she's got the message now.

 

At least she's got the seat belt message. That's something.

[joepattaya1961]

Just lucky that she was back in a proper position and not still grabbing for her documents; that would have killed her instantly thanks to the belt.

[hobobo]

"Police are convinced that the fact that the young victim was wearing her seat belt has probably saved her life."

 

Wow, the powers of deduction among Thailand's finest are simply astounding!

 

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Headline - 'Seat belt does its job. Police don't.'

 

30 minutes to break a rear window!  What were they using, Plasticine? Why didn't they just shoot holes in it?

30 minutes to 'break the back window and rescue her'. Given the situation and the cramped working conditions, (take a look at the picture) I think they did rather well.

[lvr181]

18 hours ago, joepattaya1961 said:

Just lucky that she was back in a proper position and not still grabbing for her documents; that would have killed her instantly thanks to the belt.

And your point is? Seat belts can kill? They save more than they kill.

 

If she had been grabbing her documents without her seat belt, she would likely have died!