PHUKET: A Swedish tourist was killed early today when his motorcycle collided head-on with a saloon car in Karon, a west coast Phuket holiday destination.
Phuket police named the dead man as Einar Jan Frederik Bergstrom, 46.
The crash took place in Patak Road - scene of another fatal crash the previous night involving an Australian woman - about 500 metres from the entrance to the Hilton Phuket Arcadia resort and Spa.
He was the second Swedish fatality on Phuket this weekend. A man named as Matthias Andersson died in a fall from a balcony at a Karon resort.
Police said the latest death came when the man was killed instantly while taking a sharp bend, crashing with the car in the centre of the road.
The car went on to strike a parked vehicle. The collision came at 3.10am.
The man's body has been taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City.
Phuket police named the dead man as Einar Jan Frederik Bergstrom, 46.
The crash took place in Patak Road - scene of another fatal crash the previous night involving an Australian woman - about 500 metres from the entrance to the Hilton Phuket Arcadia resort and Spa.
He was the second Swedish fatality on Phuket this weekend. A man named as Matthias Andersson died in a fall from a balcony at a Karon resort.
Police said the latest death came when the man was killed instantly while taking a sharp bend, crashing with the car in the centre of the road.
The car went on to strike a parked vehicle. The collision came at 3.10am.
The man's body has been taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City.
Driving a motorcycle is just plain dangerous on Phuket (and Thailand as a whole). Taking a tuktuk is insanely expensive and also a constant source of harassments. Driving a car is a problem, because you get nearly no parking at the west coast. Best to stay in your resort. Or visit another destination, if you want to be mobile and expect a decent and adequate public transport that allows you to safely come home after a night out on your holidays.
Posted by Lena on February 26, 2012 16:28