Capt Natthaya Supanpong from Thalang Police received a call from local residents at 1am stating that two foreigners were injured in a crash on the Baan Don-Thalang Rd in Thepkassatttri. A passenger was still trapped in the vehicle.
Residents were worried that because the accident happened on a dark bend, others vehicles might not see the wreckage and further accidents could follow as a result.
Police arrived with Kusoldharm rescue workers where they found a wrecked red Toyota Yaris in the middle of the road. A British woman was attending to an injured foreign man at the side of the road.
A female passenger, who had suffered injuries to her left leg, was trapped in the back seat of the vehicle. A badly damaged Toyota meter taxi was also stopped in the road nearby.
Capt Natthaya siad, “All the people were drunk and could not communicate with us very well. The injured man refused to let us help and told us to go away. It took us more than 15 minutes to finally take all of them to Thalang Hospital.”
The taxi,driver, Chainarong Pethdam, 46, told police that he had just picked up three tourists from the airport and was heading to Patong when the red Yaris, which was driving on the wrong side of the road, lost control, spun and slammed into his vehicle.
Both vehicles were taken to Thalang Police Station while police are currently waiting to question driver and his passengers.