Pol Lt Khajonkiat Khamwichairat of the Cherng Talay Police was informed of the incident at 9:20pm Saturday (June 22).
Officers arrived at the scene, the intersection of Soi Cherng Talay 4 and Soi Cherng Talay 6, to find Wannawisa Bualuang, 27, a local resident in the street, waiting for them.
Ms Wannawisa was standing beside her white Phuket-registered Toyota Yaris car. Also at the scene was a new white MG3, also registered in Phuket, police noted.
Ms Wannawisa told police that the accident occurred at about 8pm. She said she was driving from Cherng Talay Municipality and entering Soi Cherng Talay 4 when a car coming from the direction of Homa Hotel crashed into her.
A foreign woman was driving the car, with another foreigner as the passenger.
The two foreign women exited the car and they began discussing the accident.
Ms Wannawisa said that the foreign women were about to leave without any settlement for damages when she grabbed the car key from one of the foreign women.
In response, and as evidenced by a video recorded by a passenger in Ms Wannawisa’s car, the other foreign woman attempted to snatch the keys back.
Unable to do so, the foreign woman, the shorter of the two, grabbed Ms Wannawisa by the back of the head and shoved her face to the bonnet of her car.
She then stepped behind Ms Wannawisa and placed an arm around her neck, ready to enforce a choke hold. While holding Ms Wannawisa with the arm across her throat, the other woman tried to get the keys back.
Ms Wannawisa refused to hand the keys back, and the foreign women ceased their assault and left the scene on foot.
Police are now trying to track down the two women with the intent of pressing charges.