PHUKET: Two German tourists are among four people seriously injured in a fatal crash on the main coast road north of Phuket near sunset last night.
Police believe that the dead man, Sophon Phetchat, 30, lost control while taking a curve north of Tai Muang on the way to Takuapa, swinging into the path of the taxi returning to Phuket with the two German passengers, a man and a woman in their 50s.
Another car following the Phuket-bound taxi was also struck, Lieutenant Nattanid Jeamboonjer of Tai Muang Police Station told Phuketwan today.
''That driver and the driver of the Phuket taxi were taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City,'' she said. ''The two Germans were taken to Phuket International Hospital.''
The sound of the crash brought people from their homes and restaurants to see what had happened.
Rescuers took about an hour to cut all the victims free from the tangled wreckage of the three vehicles.
Police believe that the dead man, Sophon Phetchat, 30, lost control while taking a curve north of Tai Muang on the way to Takuapa, swinging into the path of the taxi returning to Phuket with the two German passengers, a man and a woman in their 50s.
Another car following the Phuket-bound taxi was also struck, Lieutenant Nattanid Jeamboonjer of Tai Muang Police Station told Phuketwan today.
''That driver and the driver of the Phuket taxi were taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City,'' she said. ''The two Germans were taken to Phuket International Hospital.''
The sound of the crash brought people from their homes and restaurants to see what had happened.
Rescuers took about an hour to cut all the victims free from the tangled wreckage of the three vehicles.
Sheesh... what can you say...? One more reckless and irresponsible idiot almost claims more than his own life. In spite of ranking #2 on the planet for road fatalities, there remains no plan of action how to reel it in. A logical start would begin with aggressive law enforcement, but as we all know, that ain't gonna happen.
Posted by Ed Sanders on March 15, 2015 11:58