UPDATE
THE MAN who survived a 50-metre plunge in a pickup has been named as Dong Yeol Seo, 56. He will probably face dangerous driving charges.
Original Report
PHUKET: Police will soon be interviewing a man - a Korean tourist - who survived a 50 metre plunge over a cliff in a pickup on Phuket today.
The man is lucky to be alive but is likely to be charged because of damage the pickup wreaked to a decorative fence on the way over.
Excessive speed is the likely reason for the crash, officers say, coming down the road from the Khao Kad viewpoint, on one of Phuket's highest hilltops, about 4.30pm.
A hospital test showed there was no alcohol in the man's blood.
Kusoldharm Phuket Foundation workers placed the man's neck in a brace and eased him up the slope on a sled in a dramatic rescue operation.
He was taken to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket City. There was no ID on the man or in the vehicle, a Toyota Vigo.
The man was thrown clear. He was not wearing a seat belt. The pickup finished upside down and will be difficult to recover.
excessive speed or run off the road lets see what he has to say when hes fit to be interviewed though on the surface it looks like a single veh accident which comes back to the gent behind the wheel.
Posted by slickmelb on June 8, 2013 03:29