A 78-year-old British man was
lucky to escape with his life when a street pylon smashed into the driver’s
side of his new Ford during an accident involving a runaway crane on North
Pattaya Road.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Numerous cars were damaged when an out-of-control crane smashed into
four vehicles and a passenger bus on North Road.
No one was injured in the Nov. 13 crash near Sukhumvit Road, although a
78-year-old British man was lucky to escape with his life when the crane
dislodged a street pylon which smashed into the driver’s side of his new
Ford.
Prakarn Shongmhueng, the 29-year-old driver of the AEI Crane Co. crane,
claimed the brakes failed and caused him to smash into two cars and two
pickup trucks before smashing into the side of a Roong Ruang bus turning
into the Pattaya Bus Terminal.
Police are reviewing CCTV footage and questioning the driver as they
investigate further.
