Jet-ski joyrider in deep water after Patong Beach hit-and-run injures Israeli
Police are in hot pursuit of a reckless jet-ski rider responsible for a shocking hit-and-run incident at Patong Beach that left an Israeli tourist battered and bruised. The drama unfolded around 6.21pm yesterday, October 6, when the unidentified foreigner, piloting a white-and-blue jet-ski, smashed into swimmer Nimrod Filip Solomon before vanishing into the sunset.
Reports say the jet-ski collided with Solomon’s head as he enjoyed a swim in the turquoise waters, leaving him nursing painful head injuries. To add insult to injury, the daredevil operator didn’t even slow down, making a hasty escape from the scene.
Emergency teams from the Phuket Kusoldharm Foundation wasted no time, swooping in to whisk the injured holidaymaker from the sands in front of Soi Kebsup and Thaweewong Road straight to Patong Hospital.
Solomon, still reeling from the ordeal, recounted how the jet-ski renegade struck him without a shred of remorse.
“The jet-ski operator sped off without offering any assistance.”
Patong police stated they would leave no stone unturned in their quest to track down the audacious rider and deliver justice.
In related news, a Thai woman reported missing from Sai Kaew Beach on Phuket’s northwestern coast was found dead in the water at Tha Chatchai last week.
Jiraporn Onkhajorn raised the alarm to Tha Chatchai Police about her sister-in-law, Jiraporn Sararat, who had gone missing earlier in the day. Jiraporn discovered her sister-in-law’s blue Honda Scoopy motorbike, along with a pair of shoes and a helmet, abandoned on Sai Kaew Beach around 1pm, on October 1.
By 5.40pm, police received reports of a body floating in the water several kilometres away near Wat Tha ChatChai, situated beside the Srisoonthorn Bridge, which connects to the island.
Rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation retrieved the body. The deceased, a Thai woman approximately 50 years old, was wearing an orange-cream shirt and black long pants. Initial examinations revealed no immediate signs of struggle.
