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Florida man ‘depressed and exhausted’, finally arrested in Rawai
Florida man ‘depressed and exhausted’, finally arrested in Rawai
PHUKET: The American man who fled police custody on foot while still handcuffed on Monday afternoon was finally found alive and well at about midday today (Dec 19) – and taken back into police custody.
Search continues for missing crewman after captain dies, tourists injured in tour boat collision with yacht off Phuket
Search continues for missing crewman after captain dies, tourists injured in tour boat collision with yacht off Phuket
PHUKET: Personnel from the Royal Thai Navy this morning are scouring the waters off Phuket’s east coast for an 18-year-old crewman who fell overboard in a deadly collision of the tour boat he was working on with a large motoryacht off Koh Khai Nok late yesterday afternoon (Dec 18).
Tourists injured as tour boat hits yacht off Phuket
Tourists injured as tour boat hits yacht off Phuket
PHUKET: At least six tourists were injured as a tour boat collided with a yacht off near Koh Khai Nok, off Phuket’s east coast this afternoon (Dec 18).
Van driver escapes with minor injuries after hitting power pole
Van driver escapes with minor injuries after hitting power pole
PHUKET: A Phuket van driver heading home after delivering tourists across the island escaped with minor injuries after his van slammed into a roadside power pole early this morning (Dec 18).
Phuket police hunt Florida man, fled custody in handcuffs
Phuket police hunt Florida man, fled custody in handcuffs
PHUKET: Police are searching for an American man who escaped custody at Chalong Police Station this afternoon while still in handcuffs.
Chinese tourist dies after collapsing in water on day trip to Coral Island
Chinese tourist dies after collapsing in water on day trip to Coral Island
PHUKET: A Chinese tourist has died after collapsing in the water while on a day trip to Koh Hei, better known as Coral Island, off Phuket’s southeast coast yesterday (Dec 15).
Trailer flips, blocks Phuket major highway after alleged tire explosion
Trailer flips, blocks Phuket major highway after alleged tire explosion
PHUKET: A fully-loaded semi-trailer overturned on Thepkrasattri Rd earlier today (Dec 14) blocking the southbound lane of Phuket's major highway south of Wat Muang Mai.
Search for missing kayak couple turns to dive teams
Search for missing kayak couple turns to dive teams
PHUKET: The official efforts to locate missing kayak couple Polish tourist Mateusz Juszkiewicz, 26, and Thai national Werakan Siriprakon, 23, yesterday for the first time deployed divers as part of the search for the pair.
Missing kayak couple search shifts focus to coastal areas
Missing kayak couple search shifts focus to coastal areas
PHUKET: Efforts by search teams hoping to find missing kayak couple Polish tourist Mateusz Juszkiewicz, 26, and Thai national Werakan Siriprakon, 23, today will focus on shorelines along Phuket and nearby islands, Phuket Vice Governor Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai confirmed this morning (Dec 12).
More warning signs ordered as monkey bites Russian tourist
More warning signs ordered as monkey bites Russian tourist
PHUKET: Tourist Police Region 3 Commander Maj Gen Krissak Songmoonnak has called for more warning signs be posted to prevent tourists from attempting to feed wild monkeys after a Russian tourist suffered a serious bite at Toh Sae Hill in Phuket Town last Sunday (Dec 8).
Central caves in to Phuket taxi drivers’ demands
Central caves in to Phuket taxi drivers’ demands
PHUKET: Central Phuket has agreed to no longer operate its free shuttle service to bring tourists to the island’s main shopping mall following a protest by some 50 taxi drivers yesterday afternoon (Dec 9).
Phuket hospital admits fault in baby finger-cutting, to provide free corrective surgery, compensation
Phuket hospital admits fault in baby finger-cutting, to provide free corrective surgery, compensation
PHUKET: Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermphong Sukhonthaphon has confirmed that three-month-old baby Phakawadee Charnkol will receive free corrective surgery to the little finger on her left hand after a nurse’s assistant accidentally cut it with a pair of scissors, leading to the tip of the finger starting to rot – and eventually fall off.
Sticky rice vendor killed as motorbike struck by drunk pickup driver
Sticky rice vendor killed as motorbike struck by drunk pickup driver
PHUKET: A 41-year-old worker drinking with friends on his day off will be charged with drunk driving causing death once he is sober enough to understand the charges against him, police confirmed today after a deadly collision with a motorbike rider on the busy Srisoonthorn Rd in Cherng Talay this morning (Dec 8).
Navy calls in helicopter in search tourist, Thai woman missing on kayak
Navy calls in helicopter in search tourist, Thai woman missing on kayak
PHUKET: The Tourist Police this morning called in a helicopter to join the host of boats searching for a Polish tourist and a Thai woman who disappeared while on a hired kayak off Yanui Beach late yesterday afternoon (Dec 7).
Parents call for answers after newborn’s finger cut at government hospital, starts to rot
Parents call for answers after newborn’s finger cut at government hospital, starts to rot
PHUKET: The parents of a two-moth old baby girl have filed a formal complaint with the Phuket Provincial Damrongdhama Centre (Ombudsman’s Office) over a nurse at Vachira Phuket Hospital allegedly – albeit accidentally – snipping one of their baby’s fingers with a pair of scissors, leading to the end of the baby’s finger starting to rot.
Tourists safe after longtail boat swamped, left stranded in Phang Nga Bay
Tourists safe after longtail boat swamped, left stranded in Phang Nga Bay
PHUKET: Two Romanian tourists on holiday in Phuket are safe after the longtail boat they had hired for a sightseeing tour was swamped by a large wave the upper reaches of Phang Nga Bay late yesterday afternoon (Dec 6).
Tourists injured as van driver asleep at wheel runs red light, slams into another airport van
Tourists injured as van driver asleep at wheel runs red light, slams into another airport van
PHUKET: Three Chinese tourists have been taken to Thalang Hospital after the passenger van taking them to Phuket International Airport slammed into another airport van at a major intersection on Thepkrasattri Rd early this morning (Dec 7).
Customs officials destroy B1.9mn of pirate copyright goods
Customs officials destroy B1.9mn of pirate copyright goods
PHUKET: Pirate copyright goods valued at B1.9 million were destroyed by Customs officials today (Dec 3) as the campaign to crack down on fake goods continues throughout the country.
Construction equipment warehouse goes up in flames
Construction equipment warehouse goes up in flames
PHUKET: Fire investigators have yet to determine what started a fire at a construction equipment warehouse located near the Tesco Lotus Extra store on Phra Phuket Kaew Rd in Kathu late yesterday afternoon (Dec 2).
Woman killed, thrown out of car overturned on bypass road
Woman killed, thrown out of car overturned on bypass road
PHUKET: A woman died after she was thrown out of a car while it overturned on the bypass road early this morning (Dec 1), while two women escaped serious injuries as the car they were travelling in slammed into a power pole in Srisoonthorn some 20 minutes later.