PHUKET: A woman was trapped in her small car for 30 minutes after a pickup driver lost control and crashed on a notorious Phuket bend.
Saowanit Pomor, 32, had to be cut free from her small pink Mira where her leg was trapped in the vehicle.
She was taken to Thalang Hospital for treatment of a broken arm after the crash at the Baan Ko Ean curve on Thepkasattri Road in northern Phuket at 6pm on Monday.
The driver of the Toyota pickup, Rapiporn Chonsin, told investigators that she lost control of the vehicle heading north on a wet road, crossed the median strip and crashed into the Mira.
Khun Saowanit becomes another Phuket road accident statistic.
However, no official figures have been released for the island since April 2012, when monthly updates by the Public Health department ceased.
Saowanit Pomor, 32, had to be cut free from her small pink Mira where her leg was trapped in the vehicle.
She was taken to Thalang Hospital for treatment of a broken arm after the crash at the Baan Ko Ean curve on Thepkasattri Road in northern Phuket at 6pm on Monday.
The driver of the Toyota pickup, Rapiporn Chonsin, told investigators that she lost control of the vehicle heading north on a wet road, crossed the median strip and crashed into the Mira.
Khun Saowanit becomes another Phuket road accident statistic.
However, no official figures have been released for the island since April 2012, when monthly updates by the Public Health department ceased.
People drive in Phuket the same way as they would anywhere else in the world where there is zero traffic enforcement. Perhaps it is time for some preventative dangerous driving / speeding tickets ?
Posted by gfunk1 on September 25, 2013 10:59