PHUKET: A truck carrying general goods for 7-Eleven convenience stores crashed at a sharp bend while travelling from Phuket City to Patong early today.
The driver called in help on his mobile telephone after failing to manage the descent into Patong over Patong Hill and flipping off the road about 3am.
''The driver's son, one of two passengers, suffered injuries and was treated at Patong Hospital then allowed to leave,'' said Lieutenant Colonel Jetsada Sangsuree of Kathu Police Station.
''A crane will try to lift the truck back onto the road after sunset tonight, when there is not so much traffic going over the hill.''
Thailand remains among the worst places in the world for road crashes with Phuket expats and tourists among those being killed or hurt, especially on motorcycles.
According to the World Health Organisation's 2015 Global Status Report on Road Safety, a total of 14,059 were killed on Thai roads and highways in 2012, translating to a road death rate of 36.2 people per 100,000, a rate only surpassed by war-torn Libya, where 73.4 people per 100,000 died that same year.
Many thousands more crashes cause permanent and temporary injuries, costing the country's economy, inflicting suffering on families, and clogging hospital beds.
The driver called in help on his mobile telephone after failing to manage the descent into Patong over Patong Hill and flipping off the road about 3am.
''The driver's son, one of two passengers, suffered injuries and was treated at Patong Hospital then allowed to leave,'' said Lieutenant Colonel Jetsada Sangsuree of Kathu Police Station.
''A crane will try to lift the truck back onto the road after sunset tonight, when there is not so much traffic going over the hill.''
Thailand remains among the worst places in the world for road crashes with Phuket expats and tourists among those being killed or hurt, especially on motorcycles.
According to the World Health Organisation's 2015 Global Status Report on Road Safety, a total of 14,059 were killed on Thai roads and highways in 2012, translating to a road death rate of 36.2 people per 100,000, a rate only surpassed by war-torn Libya, where 73.4 people per 100,000 died that same year.
Many thousands more crashes cause permanent and temporary injuries, costing the country's economy, inflicting suffering on families, and clogging hospital beds.
Similar accident over Kata hill but the truck went into a house. This is part of Thai living dangerous driving can be seen for free anytime between 8 and 9am and 5 and 7pm some of the driving I have witnessed is unbelievable. The locals do seem also excellent and getting out of skids etc. The mentality is also different less safety conscious and more if my time is up it's up.
Posted by Hmmmm on November 27, 2015 22:17