A woman driver was critically injured after a tire blew, sending her Honda careening through eight light poles in Sattahip.
Royal Thai Navy Sgt. Natrin Chaiyatsatien was taken to Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center following the 2 a.m. Sept. 17 accident on Sukhumvit Road near Plutaluang. Paramedics worked for an hour to free Natrin from her demolished Accord and her lower body was crushed.
She told police that as she came through the bend, her left front tire exploded. She lost control and plowed into the sidewalk, taking down light poles. The cascade brought down eight poles, which smashed the windows of four nearby townhouses and a car. Damage was estimated in the millions of baht.
Speed kills – or in this case, maims, as the woman driving this car lost control when a tire burst.
Power was knocked out in the area for two hours, as the Sattahip Electric Supply Department cut off the current to allow workers to free the woman and repair transformers that exploded due to the power surge. Full service was expected to take two days to restore.
