Chonburi Police Lieutenant Kunthawachai and rescue units were called to attend the scene of a serious road accident that had injured three people on the Chonburi By-Pass near the PTT petrol station at Moo 2 of Nong Daeng District.
At the scene was a wrecked Toyota Corolla vehicle with three seriously injured people trapped inside and 40 meters further down the highway a 22 wheel Nissan articulated lorry that the Toyota had ploughed into
It took rescue workers over an hour using metal cutting equipment to cut free the driver Khun Sompornaged 52 and his two passengers Khun Niwat aged 22 and another lady aged about 40. The three unconscious victims were then rushed to local hospital for emergency treatment.
The driver of the articulated lorry said that he was at the beginning of his long journey transporting steel from Rayong to Phuket when the car travelling at high speed crashed into the rear of his trailer.
It is thought that maybe the driver of the Toyota fell asleep at the wheel but the true facts will not be known until the police are able to interview the occupants of the crashed Toyota.
