Crash course calamity: Family trip takes tragic turn in Phetchaburi

A devastating road accident occurred yesterday at 1pm in Phetchaburi’s Khao Yoi district, involving a family and resulting in critical injuries to an 11 year old child. The driver, identified only as Kai, lost control of the vehicle due to drowsiness, causing the van to veer off the road and collide with a roadside steel barrier.

The impact was so severe that a piece of metal pierced through the front to the back of the vehicle, leading to a perilous situation for the passengers.

The incident was reported to the police by Sombat Yottisak, an investigator at Khao Yoi Police Station. Following the report, Police Colonel Thip Khengkum, the station chief, was informed, and emergency services from Khao Yoi Hospital and the Sawang Sarnphet Thammasathan Foundation were immediately dispatched to the scene.

They arrived to find a bronze Toyota van with a large steel rod impaled through…