SUV driver causes road crash while reaching for fallen phone
A SUV driver caused a road crash that severely injured a van driver and passenger in Rayong early Thursday when the driver tried to reach for a smartphone that he had dropped.
Ban Kram Police Station in Rayong’s Klaeng district was alerted of the accident at 4:30 am.
Pol Captain Chandi Wannupatham, deputy inspector of the police station, said the SUV driven by Ronnarot Charoenying, 47, crashed head on with a Klaeng-Bangkok passenger van driven by Wissanu Klinkhachorn, 47.
Ronnarot was not injured and waited at the scene to speak with police. The van driver suffered two broken legs and was stuck inside the van while the only passenger in the van, Pensri Suwannakha, 62, broke her leg.
The van was headed to pick up passengers in downtown Klaeng when the accident happened,
Ronnarot told police that he had dropped his smartphone so he looked down and was trying to reach it when his SUV swerved into the opposite lane and crashed into the van.
