CHON BURI -- A 30-year-old driver was left with a red face and half of her car hanging over the edge of a concrete embankment with a two-metre drop into the sea after accidentally hitting the accelerator instead of the brake on Sunday. There were no casualties.
The accident occurred in Soi Jitprasong in tambon Ban Kode of Muang district at 5pm when Witchuda Chanrungruang and her mother returned from shopping at a branch of the hypermarket chain Tesco Lotus.
Ms Witchuda said she drove her Toyota Yaris to the end of the seaside soi to make a U-turn before heading home.
About to shift into reverse, she accidentally pressed the accelerator pedal. The car shot forward and the front wheels crossed over part of a concrete retaining wall, leaving half of the vehicle hanging over the edge above the sea.
“I believe the heavy load in the back of the car helped prevent it from going all the way down," Ms Witchuda said. "It maybe needed more power to drive the back wheels over [the concrete lip].
“We exited the car through the left back door.”
Rescue workers later used a tow vehicle to move the car back onto firm ground.