Car crashes into house in Chumphon, injuring two
A car crashed through a house wall in Chumphon's Muang district early May 24, injuring the homeowner and driver after losing control on a main road.
CHUMPHON — A woman narrowly escaped death after a car crashed through the wall of her house in the middle of the night in southern Thailand's Chumphon province, leaving both the homeowner and driver injured, police said.
The incident occurred at about 00:30 on 24 May in front of Municipal Soi 6, also known as Talad Nai Soi, in Moo 4 of Tha Yang subdistrict, Muang district.
According to police, the car first struck a rubbish bin before losing control, crossing a four-lane road and smashing through the wall of a roadside home on the Pak Nam–Chumphon road. The impact caused extensive damage to the house and belongings inside.
Officers received reports of a vehicle crashing into a residential property with two people injured. Rescue workers from the Chumphon Charity Foundation and Tha Yang municipal emergency responders were dispatched to the scene.
Authorities found a blue Mazda 323, heavily damaged after ploughing through the house wall and into the building. Household items were strewn across the property.
The homeowner, identified as Pornpasorn Boonyuen, about 50, suffered neck injuries and numbness across part of her body. Emergency workers administered first aid before taking her to Chumphon Khet Udomsak Hospital.
The driver, a man believed to be about 30 years old, was also injured and taken to hospital.
Neighbours told authorities they were awakened by a loud crash and rushed outside to find the car embedded in Ms Pornpasorn's home. She had been sleeping alone inside at the time.
Witnesses said the vehicle had emerged at speed from a side street opposite the house before losing control, hitting a rubbish bin, crossing the road and crashing into the property.
Police said they were questioning the driver at hospital to determine the cause of the crash and gathering evidence for possible legal action.
