PUBLISHED : 30 Jul 2024 at 04:00
SAMUT PRAKAN: A driver was injured when a large steel plate flew through her windscreen and cut her neck and cheek on an elevated expressway.
The incident happened near the 19th kilometre marker on the Bangkok-bound side of the Burapha Withi (Bang Na-Bang Pakong) expressway in tambon Bang Chalong of Bangphli district at about 6pm on Sunday, police said yesterday.
Police and rescue workers found Pranee Rungsuksai with her cheek and neck bleeding and her car parked on Thepharat Road (Bang Na-Trat) under the elevated expressway.
Rescue workers gave first aid to the 52-year-old woman, who had cuts to her right cheek and right side of her neck. Then, she was sent to a local hospital.
Police found a hole in the driver’s side of the windscreen of her white Toyota car. Inside the car was a steel plate about 13 centimetres wide and long and 2.5cm thick.
Ms Pranee said she was driving on the elevated expressway to pick up her daughter in Bangkok. She drove in the middle lane with two pickup trucks running in front and on the right of her car.
Suddenly, the steel plate penetrated the right side of her windscreen and cut her neck and right cheek.
She then exited the expressway, parked the car and waited for help.