Minivan driver blames wet road for Sri Racha accident that injures two, shuts down traffic for over two hours

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Sri Racha –

A minivan driver blamed a wet road and not his driving following a collision with a pickup truck that injured two people and shut down traffic for over two hours this week.

Emergency responders were notified of the accident on Tuesday (March 1st) at a U-turn in front of a hospital in the Borwin sub-district.

The first response teams arrived at the scene to find an overturned minivan and an overturned pickup truck on the road. Traffic was blocked and tailed back where it remained for about two hours until tow trucks were able to remove the vehicles.

Both drivers, who were later identified as Mr. Bandit Songprasert, 44, and Mr. Yodrak Boonchai, 36, have sustained minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital as a precaution

The minivan driver stated to the press, “I was driving slowly. The road was wet, causing me to lose control of my minivan and crash into a pickup truck in the opposite lane. Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and not seriously injured. The accident was not my fault, it’s the fault of the wet road.”

Borwin police had not decided on any legal charges 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.