Car falls from expressway, driver survives
published : 31 Jul 2023 at 10:00
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A 26-year-old man escaped death when his car fell 15 metres off an expressway in Bangkok early on Saturday.
Expressway police and rescue workers were alerted at 3:30am to a Honda Civic that had plunged from the Si Rat Expressway onto Rama VI Road.
At the scene, authorities found the vehicle with all its tyres burst, a large collision mark on its front, a collapsed roof and shattered windows.
Inside, they found the driver, identified only as Wachiraya, and rushed him to hospital.
Mr Wachiraya told police that he had entered the expressway from Ngam Wong Wan Road but lost control of his car near the exit to Rama VI Road. As a result, his vehicle crashed through a concrete barrier and plunged 15 metres to the road below.
Police were reviewing surveillance video to determine the cause of the incident, and a blood alcohol test will be conducted on the driver.
Vocabulary
- barrier: a bar or gate that stops people, animals or vehicles from entering a place - สิ่งกีดขวางทางผ่าน
- burst: to break open suddenly because there is too much pressure inside or against - โพล่ง, แตก, ระเบิด
- collapsed: fell down suddenly - ล้ม ทิ้งตัวลง
- collision: an accident in which a vehicle or person that is moving crashes into something - การชนประสานงา
- concrete: a hard substance used in building made by mixing cement, sand, small stones, and water - คอนกรีต
- conduct: to do something in an organised way; to carry out — - ลงมือทำ, ดำเนิน, ปฏิบัติ
- plunge: to fall quickly from a high position - ดิ่งลงมาจากท้องฟ้า
- rescue worker: a person who save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
- shattered: broken into many pieces - ที่แตกกระจาย
- survive: to continue to live - มีชีวิตรอด
- tyre (noun): (American: "tire") a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc. - ยางรถ
