At t 11am, Lt Suporn Meangkhai from Thalang police was notified of an accident in which a car had overturned near the Bang Khanun Forest Park just before Baan Meang Mai.
Upon arrival at the scene, police found a green plate Toyota car overturned. Three passengers, Chinese tourists named as Feiyun Zhao, 36, Yang Lif, 34, and five-year old Yiheng Zhao had all suffered minor injuries and were taken to Thalang hospital.
One woman on a motorbike also suffered a minor injury when trying to avoid the crash.
The taxi driver told police he picked up three tourists from Patong and was heading toward Phuket International Airport to drop them off.
"One of the front tyres burst when I was driving on a curve and i lost control of the car and it flipped in the air," said the taxi driver.