Panuphan Jindapol, Phu Yai Baan (village head) of Moo 5, Mai Khao, was informed of the situation at 8:30am today (Nov 2).
Mr Panuphan rushed to the scene to find a passing motorist had stopped to help the woman, who had parked her Phuket-registered car in the emergency lane on Thao Thepkrasattri Bridge, leading onto the island.
The woman’s daughter was still in the car, crying, Mr Panuphan said.
Rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation and the Mai Khao Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) soon arrived, Mr Panuphan added.
According to Mr Panuphan initial inquiries by Tha Chatchai Police had confirmed the woman was experiencing “a problem within the family”.
Regardless, officers contacted relatives of the woman to pick her and her daughter up, he said.
The Phuket News has no other information regarding the incident.
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