Driver in critical condition after crashing her vehicle into trailer truck in Pattaya area

Banglamung –

A young female driver is in critical condition today after she crashed her vehicle into a trailer truck in Banglamung early this morning (June 4th).

The Banglamung Police were notified of the accident at 1:30 A.M. at a U-turn (Wave In) on Sukhumvit Road.

Emergency responders and The Pattaya News arrived at the scene to find the damaged sedan on the road.

The driver, Ms. Kotchaphon Rostasirikun, 28, from Phetchabun, was unconscious and stuck inside the sedan when first responders arrived. She was moved out from the vehicle before rushed to a local hospital for urgent medical assistance.

A damaged trailer truck was found on the road nearby. The driver, Mr. Sommai Sanam, 43, was waiting for police at the scene. He was uninjured.

Sommai told Banglamung police, “I was making a U-turn when the sedan driver who was driving at high speed crashed into the side of my vehicle.”

A witness, Mr. Natapon Deeprom, 19, told The Pattaya News, “I was driving behind both vehicles involved in the accident. I saw the trailer truck was slowing down to make a U-turn. The sedan did not slow down.”

Banglamung law enforcement is reviewing CCTV at the scene of the accident to confirm the witness and truck driver’s statements.

Ms. Kotchaphon remains in a local hospital in critical condition this morning as of press time.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.