Thread: Woman survives after car plunges from eighth floor of condo car park

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A woman was injured when her car fell from the eighth floor of a car park of a condominium in Bangkok’s Bang Koh Laem district late Monday night, police said.

The Wat Phayakrai police station was alerted at 11 on Monday night that a car had fallen from the nine-floor car park building of the Phraram 3 Residence condominium on Rama III road.


The driver was identified as Rungthip Thongchanreed, 40.




When rescuers and police arrived at the scene, they found Rungthip unconscious in the flipped-over car whose airbags had deployed.


She was rushed to the Charoen Krung Pracharak Hospital and regained consciousness there. Doctors said she is now in a stable condition.


Police said her car hit the 50-cm-high concrete wall that collapsed, damaging four motorcycles below.


Tyre marks indicated that the brakes had been applied in the parking lot where her car hit the wall.


Police believe the woman was reversing to park but accidentally hit the wall.


A condo resident, Nopparat Weksungnone, said he heard a loud noise at 11pm and went out on his balcony to check. He saw the car. called police and rushed down to help the woman.

Later on Tuesday, Wat Phayakrai superintendant Pol Lt Colonel Chakkrawuth Khlai-nin said that Rungthip was recovering from the minor injuries, thanks to the fact that she was wearing the seat belt when the accident occurred. She wasn't yet hit with any criminal charge while police's probe so far covered two witnesses - a security guard and a Samaritan who aided the woman. The owners of four motorcycles that were damaged in the crash can proceed in filing a civil lawsuit as per their rights, while the building in question would be inspected if it were according to the safety construction rules and the approved plan, the superintendent added.

Woman survives after car plunges from eighth floor of condo car park

If cats have nine lives,and she was a cat, she would have just used up 8 of them.

What car is that? Could be a new advertising campaign based on this.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

What car is that?

a fcuked one ...

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

What car is that? Could be a new advertising campaign based on this.

Yep. "Protects dumb women with the driving and perception skills of a gnat".

Originally Posted by peaches

If cats have nine lives,and she was a cat, she would have just used up 8 of them.

Would've been more impressive if she had landed it on its wheel.

Tyre marks indicated that the brakes had been applied in the parking lot where her car hit the wall.

She built up enough speed, inside the parking garage, to leave skid marks when she braked, and still had enough momentum to plow through the wall. Jefus Christ, she musta been late for her somtam.

Originally Posted by Texpat

She built up enough speed, inside the parking garage, to leave skid marks when she braked, and still had enough momentum to plow through the wall. Jefus Christ, she musta been late for her somtam.

agree 100%, that would take some doing. plus she claims she was backing. ??
drugs or and alco

Originally Posted by Texpat

to leave skid marks when she braked

Cud have been traction marks due to accelerating. Similar to drag racers. I believe it's called 'wheel slip'.

Or like my ex who accelerated into a brick wall from 4 metres away (with me in the passenger seat, testicles desperately trying to retract) because she put her foot on the wrong pedal...

Maybe she was desperately trying to get away from you?

tuned into the wrong frequency,CLEAR TO LAND.

Originally Posted by misskit

recovering from the minor injuries, thanks to the fact that she was wearing the seat belt when the accident occurred.

Originally Posted by misskit

the flipped-over car whose airbags had deployed.

Both these things save lives, but still, 8 stories is a long way.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

What car is that? Could be a new advertising campaign based on this.

A Mazda 2

I think I just bought it. :/

insurance job?

Originally Posted by misskit

Rungthip was recovering from the minor injuries, thanks to the fact that she was wearing the seat belt when the accident occurred.

Wearing the seat belt contributed nothing. She went over arse end first.

What's the betting she had all sorts of crap; food containers, water / drinks bottles, teddy bears, etc; stuffed in the footwell, under the pedals.?

Did an inventory of the missus' car recently. Choc-a-bloc full of every kind of shit, other than fuel..

Originally Posted by jabir

insurance job?

By driving off the 8th story of a car park?


Da balls on this chick.

Originally Posted by kmart

What's the betting she had all sorts of crap; food containers, water / drinks bottles, teddy bears, etc; stuffed in the footwell, under the pedals.?

Happened a year or two ago. A water bottle under the brake pedal, with the other end of it jammed into the accelerator.

Press on the brake pedal, the car accelerates.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

A Mazda 2

??? Really? Those little cars are made out of the thinest of stuff approximating metal.

Looks like a Fortuner or something bigger and squarer, although that may have been the landing and bouncing.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

??? Really? Those little cars are made out of the thinest of stuff approximating metal.

Its on Thai visa as a Mazda 2 and I can see by the fog light casing it is, and I can assure you they are tough. The wife just drove hers into a lampost and back home

Mazda 2 Ncap Dummy Crash

Jaysus....look at the damage at only 50 kmh !

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Its on Thai visa as a Mazda 2 and I can see by the fog light casing it is, and I can assure you they are tough. The wife just drove hers into a lampost and back home

Impressive.

You wife looks to be nearly as good at driving into things as my wife. It pays dividends to get the 1st class insurance...