The accident was reported by local residents this morning at 11am, who alerted Pol Capt Thanom Thongpaen, investigator with Tha Chatchai Police that a womn had nearly been thrown into the ocean after the motorbike she was riding pillion smashed into a car allegedly parked on Thao Thep Si Sunthon Bridge, the newer bridge which runs paralell to Sarasin Bridge.
Accompanied by rescue workers from the Mai Khao subdistrict administration, police reported to the scene of the accident, on the shoulder of the northbound lane of the bridge, where there was a white Chevrolet saloon car with Surat Thani plates parked close to the bridge barrier.
The car had a damaged rear-end bumper and smashed window. On the ground* was a totaled, black-and-red Suzuki MSX motorbike with red plates (indicating that the motorbike had recently been bought).
Rescue workers tended to an injured girl on the ground who was reported have been riding pillion on the motorbike when it smashed into the car.
The woman, who had sustained injuries on her back and leg, was responsive to police and named as Miss Niphaporn Phetkong, 25.
Also tended to at the scene, the driver of the motorbike, named as 24-year-old Phuwanai Pimleu, had an open leison near his mouth.
Both of the injured were transported to Ta Kua Thung Hospital in Phang Nga.
The driver of the Chevrolet, who police named as Ms Pattama Dittharak, 56, refuted eye witness accounts from the viewpoint below that leading up to the accident she had been parked on the shoulder of the road “to take a selfie, or take photos of the view”, and insists that she was only driving slowly, when the motorbike smashed into the back of her.
Nonetheless, police have asked for anyone passing by who may have captured the accident with a dash cam to come forward to help them correctly appoint blaim.