One man was killed and two Laotians injured when their car crashed into a store in Huay Yai district, east Pattaya.
Wirat Yodaoi, 47, died at the scene of the overnight April 2 crash at the Ban Na junction in Moo 5 village. Laotian Souliya Thongbai, the 47-year-old driver of the Nissan March, suffered a broken arm and was knocked unconscious.
Backseat passenger Bonpieng Piengjan of Laos, 25, suffered minor injuries. They were treated at a nearby hospital.
Police estimated at the Nissan March was traveling at high speed and overshot the curve, slamming into a paint shop. The car was destroyed. The dead man was not wearing a seat belt.
Bonpieng said the three were headed back to Khao Maikaew from a pub in Pattaya. She was sleeping and the crash woke her up.
