Phuket

Two Russian tourists die in Patong Hill crash

Published

1 week ago

February 11, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Two Russian tourists die in Patong Hill crash | The Thaiger

Two Russian tourists have died following a crash on Patong Hill last night.

The Patong Police were notified of the incident at 10.30pm on Phra Baramee road at the hair-pin curve on the way up the hill from Kathu.

Emergency responders arrived and found a damaged passenger pickup truck. The driver was 47 year old Thavorn Glasueak.

Nearby they found a motorbike on the road. The two male foreign tourists were taken to Patong Hospital. They were pronounced dead on arrival. They were later identified as 29 year and 31 year old Russian nationals.

At this stage police says the motorbike lost control at the tight curve and collided with the pickup truck.

An alcohol breath test of the pickup truck driver tested zero.

The two Russian tourists have been named as 31 year old Andrei Mironov and 29 year old Vasilii Repnikov.

Phuket

Two arrested with 100 kilograms of kratom in Phuket

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3 hours ago

February 20, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Two arrested with 100 kilograms of kratom in Phuket | The Thaiger

Two men have been arrested carrying 100 kilogram of kratom leaves at the Phuket Checkpoint early this morning.

A team of officers at the Phuket checkpoint arrested the two Thai men: 49 year old Natee Martmanang from Songkhla and 34 year old Tanan Chotchuang from Satun.

They were arrested while coming through the checkpoint at the north end of Phuket in a pickup truck. Officers seized 100 kilograms of kratom leaves.

They have been taken to the Tha Chatchai Police Station and charged with illegal possession of a Category 5 Drugs with intent to sell.

Phuket

Motorbike driver dies after slamming into the back of a parked bus, Phuket

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1 day ago

February 19, 2019

Kritsada Mueanhawong

Motorbike driver dies after slamming into the back of a parked bus, Phuket | The Thaiger

A motorbike driver has died after colliding with the rear of a parked bus on the side of the road in Thalang this morning.

Thalang Police say the incident happened at 5am on Sanambin Mueangmai Road (4026) which is about 200 metres from the Thalang Technical College.

Police and emergency responders arrived to find the parked bus. Embedded into the rear panels of the bus they found a motorbike and the body of a Thai man identified as 21 year old Rittchai Taokong. His body was taken to the Thalang Hospital

Thalang Police report that the bus driver, 59 year old Adul Pidjanan, had parked the bus on the side of the road. The motorbike, travelling at high speed, collided with the rear end of the bus.

Police are continuing their investigation and examining available CCTV.

Krabi

Baby Risso’s Dolphin rescued at Railay Beach in Krabi

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1 day ago

February 19, 2019

The Thaiger

PHOTO: DMCR

A baby Risso’s Dolphin has been rescued after being found on Railay Beach in Krabi on Sunday.

Officials at the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) were notified that the baby dolphin was found of the east end of Railay Beach.

The DMCR says that the species is a baby Risso’s dolphin. This one is 250 centimetres long and weighs about 100 kilograms. The dolphin was weak and unable to swim by itself.

Wounds have been found around its head which marine staff believe was caused from being battered as it washed up onto the beach by waves.

The dolphin was taken to the Phuket Marine Biology Centre (PMBC) where it’s receiving love, attention and further treatment.

Risso’s dolphin is the only species of dolphin in the genus Grampus. It is commonly known as the Monk dolphin among Taiwanese fishermen. Some of the closest related species to these dolphins include: pilot whales, pygmy killer whales, melon-headed whales, and false killer whales.