At 9 pm Sattahip police received a report of a fatal road accident at Km 167 Sukhumvit road on the Pattaya bound carriageway. Police and rescue units rushed immediately to the incident. At the scene they found the body of a 71 year old lady Khun Thong Lo and a Honda City vehicle that had struck her.
The driver of the vehicle Ms Patchirya aged 40 was stood by her vehicle in a state of shock waiting to explain herself to the police. Ms Patchirya said that she had been returning home after doing some errands, it was now dark when suddenly the car swerved across to the right lane and towards the drainage ditch in the central reserve. Just at this moment the old lady who was crossing the highway emerged out of the ditch and into the path of the out of control vehicle. The front of the car impacted the old lady and she was thrown up onto the bonnet and into the windscreen. Khun Thong Lo suffered massive injuries and appeared to have died almost instantly.
Police collected evidence and statements at the scene and will continue to investigate how the car suddenly managed to swerve across the road as to wether human error or vehicle failure caused this fatal accident to occur.
