PHUKET: A Chinese couple whose limousine ran int a drain on the way to the airport and a car that plunged into a newly-constructed ditch highlighted the new peril on Phuket overnight.
The limo picked up the couple for their flight home about 11pm but they didn't make it to the airport.
While the driver emerged unscathed when the limo plunged off the road making a left turn off Thepkasattri Road into Thepkasattri-Nai Yang Road, the alternative route to the airport, the woman suffered facial injuries.
She and her husband, instead of being taken to catch their flight, were taken to Thalang Hospital for treatment.
More ditch devilry came at 8am today when a driver slewed off the road surface into a newly-dug drain near Simon Cabaret, on the coast road between Karon and Patong.
An airbag saved the driver but local authorities said the crash was a warning to motorists across Phuket to be wary of fresh drain construction that often occurs without warning signage.
The limo picked up the couple for their flight home about 11pm but they didn't make it to the airport.
While the driver emerged unscathed when the limo plunged off the road making a left turn off Thepkasattri Road into Thepkasattri-Nai Yang Road, the alternative route to the airport, the woman suffered facial injuries.
She and her husband, instead of being taken to catch their flight, were taken to Thalang Hospital for treatment.
More ditch devilry came at 8am today when a driver slewed off the road surface into a newly-dug drain near Simon Cabaret, on the coast road between Karon and Patong.
An airbag saved the driver but local authorities said the crash was a warning to motorists across Phuket to be wary of fresh drain construction that often occurs without warning signage.
The moral of this story is for someone somewhere to think maybe we could put up warning signs as even people walking and falling into one of the dangers would probably break their legs or even die. There must be little liability to local govt as they do not seem to worry. Imagine this in the USA there would be people hurting themselves in the drain to sue!
Posted by I am pretty far from ok on April 22, 2015 13:38