Drunk Thai woman crashes pickup into 11 parked vehicles in Pattaya

Photo via 77 Kaoded

A drunk Thai woman crashed her pickup into 11 parked vehicles on Pattaya Sai Sam Road in the early hours of this morning. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident.

Officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station were alerted to the incident at 3.20am today, January 31, and rushed to the scene. They encountered a sedan with a damaged rear bumper, 10 overturned motorcycles, and a damaged pickup, which had come to a stop 500 metres away from the other vehicles.

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The sedan driver told police that he parked his car in the left lane of the road to buy items from a roadside shop. While he was making his purchase, he heard the crash and rushed to the scene, only to find that his car and several motorcycles were damaged.

CCTV footage showed the pickup being driven at very high speed before veering off and colliding with the parked vehicles. The driver did not stop after the crash, but the front wheels were damaged, preventing the vehicle from continuing its journey.

The pickup truck driver was identified as 34 year old Chalisa, reportedly an employee at a finance company in Pattaya. Chalisa was heavily intoxicated, reeking of alcohol, and unable to communicate with the police.

Drunk Thai woman hit sedan and motorcycles Pattaya
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Officers conducted an alcohol test on Chalisa and found she had over 100 milligrammes per cent of alcohol in her system.

Another recent car accident was reported in Pattaya on January 29, when a foreign motorcyclist hit a Russian couple on Jomtien Sai Song Road.

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The Russian man was killed in the incident, while the motorcyclist and the Russian woman sustained serious injuries.

Drunk pickup driver crashes into parked motorcycles
Photo via 77 Kaoded

A Thai man who witnessed the accident reported that he stopped his car to allow the Russian couple to cross the road but the speeding foreign motorcyclist failed to do so and crashed into them directly.

Last week, a Thai sedan driver fortunately escaped unharmed after crashing his car into an electricity pole in Pattaya. The driver claimed that he had blacked out behind the wheel while travelling from Pathum Thani province to meet a friend in Pattaya.

In another similar accident reported in Pattaya two weeks ago, a Laotian motorcycle rider was seriously injured after a foreigner crashed his motorcycle into hers and fled the scene.

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Petch Petpailin

Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.

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