Thursday 20th November 2008
Lucky Escape as driver falls asleep at the wheel and slams into roadside restaurant.
In the early hours of Thursday Morning, Police Lieutenant Colonel Pratip from Pattaya Police Station was called to a restaurant on the Sukumvit Road in North Pattaya following reports of a road accident. At the scene, a Silver Toyota Commuter Van had driven into the front of the restaurant causing minor injuries to two customers eating there. The driver of the van, Khun Giti aged 40 remained at the scene and explained that he was travelling from Bangkok to Pattaya alone and fell asleep at the wheel. Amazingly he crossed over the central reservation, across three lanes of traffic and slammed into the restaurant. Others saw the van approaching and managed to jump out of the way in time. Khun Giti was breath tested and found not to have consumed alcohol and by his own admission was tired after driving back and forth from Bangkok to Pattaya all day. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving causing injury.
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