Chinese tourists, Thai survive crash with cow

Chinese tourists, Thai survive crash with cow

The Toyota Yaris lies upside down after hitting a cow that fell from a truck in Chai Nat's Sapphaya district on Sunday morning. (Photo by Chudate Seehawong)
The Toyota Yaris lies upside down after hitting a cow that fell from a truck in Chai Nat's Sapphaya district on Sunday morning. (Photo by Chudate Seehawong)

CHAI NAT — A car driven by a Chinese tourist crashed into a cow that fell from a truck in Sapphaya district on Sunday morning, killing the animal and slightly injuring three people.

The accident took place at kilometre marker 114 on Highway 32 in tambon Phonangdam-ok, said police, who were alerted at 6.30am on Sunday.

Police and rescue workers rushed to the scene and found an overturned Toyota Yaris on the road. Three people — two Chinese and one Thai — were safely rescued from the vehicle.

A dead cow, weighing about 150 kg, was found about 50 metres away from the car. Nobody showed up to claim ownership of the dead animal.

Chatri Sae Jueng, the Thai passenger, told police that he and the two Chinese friends left Bangkok early on Sunday morning to visit his relatives’ house in Chiang Rai. Their car, driven by one of his Chinese friends, was travelling behind a truck loaded with cows. 

Suddenly, a cow fell from the back of the truck in front of them. The Chinese driver was unable to swerve in time and the car slammed into the cow before overturning, said Mr Chatri, who was slightly hurt.

The truck driver sped away, leaving his dead animal at the scene. Police are hunting the driver.


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