At 10:15am Thalang Inspector Lt Col Sanit Nookong, was called to investigate a car crash on the southbound side of Thepkasattri Rd in front of the Kitchen Tech Manufacturing Company.
Thalang police arrived at the scene with Kusolharm rescue workers and officials from Srisoonthon Municipality to find the Phuket registered green plate taxi in a ditch smashed into an electric pylon.
The driver, Pongsatron Suwannanurak, 27, from Bangkok was still trapped inside the vehicle. He was taken out by rescue workers and taken to Thalang hospital with chest and back injuries.
Pongsatron told police that he had just dropped off passengers at Phuket International Airport and was heading back towards Phuket Town when he fell asleep and lost control of the vehicle.
The car crashed into the ditch and then slammed into the pylon, police were told.
Police took the vehicle to Thalang Police Station and said that Pongsatron will face being charged with reckless driving.