PHUKET: A man suffered head wounds requiring 50 stitches when a neighbor's front porch and wall collapsed and slid down onto his house in Patong today.
The toppling section of house swept aside a wall and carried concrete rubble into the room where Witsanu Yidsua, 38, president of Ban Mon village and a jet-ski operator, was watching television.
Bloody handprints on a wall mark Khun Witsanu's escape from the shattered room as his neighbor Surat Koongkaew, 60, called for assistance.
Khun Witsanu was taken to Patong Hospital and later transferred to Phuket International Hospital in Phuket City.
The houses where the slip took place about 9.30am are close to Nanai Road and Patong's temple t-intersection.
One awkwardness is that the house that fell was in the middle of a purchase transaction.
A man from Udonthani had paid five million baht deposit and was to complete the purchase of the long, single-storey Patong property for another 15 million baht.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Miligation continues to warn of the dangers of serious land slips as Phuket's bout of prolonged wet weather continues.
A spokesperson for Patong Municipality said today that the council would cover the cost of Khun Witsanu's treatment.
The toppling section of house swept aside a wall and carried concrete rubble into the room where Witsanu Yidsua, 38, president of Ban Mon village and a jet-ski operator, was watching television.
Bloody handprints on a wall mark Khun Witsanu's escape from the shattered room as his neighbor Surat Koongkaew, 60, called for assistance.
Khun Witsanu was taken to Patong Hospital and later transferred to Phuket International Hospital in Phuket City.
The houses where the slip took place about 9.30am are close to Nanai Road and Patong's temple t-intersection.
One awkwardness is that the house that fell was in the middle of a purchase transaction.
A man from Udonthani had paid five million baht deposit and was to complete the purchase of the long, single-storey Patong property for another 15 million baht.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Miligation continues to warn of the dangers of serious land slips as Phuket's bout of prolonged wet weather continues.
A spokesperson for Patong Municipality said today that the council would cover the cost of Khun Witsanu's treatment.
"later tramsferred to Phuket International Hospital"... Didn't know they had a tram system in Patong. Photos please?
Posted by Horatio on October 3, 2011 14:52