SAMUT PRAKAN: Another woman motorcyclist has been injured by falling overhead internet cables, this time on a road in Phra Samut Chedi district of Samut Prakarn province - the third such incident in 10 days, one of them fatal.
The incident happened on a road leading to Wat Khusang in tambon Naikhong Bangplakod about 11pm on Thursday, Pol Capt Suwit Phudonnang, duty officer at Phra Samut Chedi station, said.
Police and rescue workers called to the scene found a motorcycle laying in the middle of the road with cables wrapped around the front of it. A car was parked nearby on the roadside, its left side mirror damaged.
Chalisa Phachuea, 36, was thrown from her motorcycle and sustained bruising and grazes to her body and her left arm. She was given first aid and taken to a local hospital.
Amnuay Khammungkhun, 46, owner of the parked car, told police he heard something hit the left side of his vehicle. He looked to his left side mirror to see what it was, and discovered it was damaged. He immediately stopped and got out of the car. He saw a motorcycle and its woman rider both lying on the road.
There was an internet cable entangled around the front of the bike, and other cables on the road. He called the police, well aware that other accidents had been caused by fallen cables recently.
Police suspected the overhead cabling crossing the road had been hit by a truck or other tall vehicle, causing them to fall and entangle Ms Chalisa as she passed below
They would examine surveillance camera footage to find out what happened. The owner of the cables would also face legal action, police ssaid.
Earlier, a woman motorcyclist was killed when an overhead cable wrapped around her neck in northeastern Khon Kaen province on April 25.
(Photo by Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)