PHUKET: Vorasit Issara, owner of the 5-star Sri Panwa Phuket Hotel, was seriously injured when his car crashed into a power pole in tambon Wichit of Muang district early Sunday night.
Pol Capt Chatri Chuwichien, a Wichit police duty officer, said the accident occurred in front of Ban Ao Nam Bo School about 7pm. The car ended up nose-down in a ditch.
Mr Vorasit was trapped in the wreckage. Rescuers from the Kusoltham Phuket Foundation took about hour, using a hydraulic jack, free him.
Mr Vorasit, 40, was seriously injured. He was admitted to Vachira Phuket Hospital.
Dr Chalermpong Sukonthapol, the hospital director, said on Sunday night that Mr…
