After the crash, close to the Premium Outlet complex, Pritsana “Koy” Thongkam, 42, had to be helped out of the car, and was taken to Bangkok Hospital Phuket with chest injuries.
Witnesses told police that she was driving at sped when she lost control, zigzagging along the road before crashing into the pole on the median strip.
She was charged with careless driving and destroying government property.