Pattaya rescuer hospitalised after being startled by a Python

Photo by The Pattaya News.

A python scared a Pattaya rescuer out of his truck early on Wednesday morning, resulting in a head injury for the poor rescuer. 

A team from the Pattaya Emergency Responder Unit had gone to the Pattaya Park Hotel hotel on Soi 12 to collect the 4 metre long snake from a tree.

The team successfully stuffed the snake into a fertiliser sack. They then loaded it onto their truck’s bed to transport it to a new spot far away from the residential area.

Two rescuers volunteered to sit on the truck’s bed to keep an eye on the naughty python. One of those rescuers was 48 year old Nikorn Nakprasit.

As the truck drove down the road, the sneaky creature suddenly escaped, shocking Nikorn. Nikorn fell backward from the truck and hit his head, according to his friend sitting with him, Yuttanan Fuengfoo. Yuttanan said Nikorn had been sitting on the…