Phuket van driver brandishes knife in road rage incident

An outbreak of road rage in Phuket yesterday saw a van driver brandishing a knife and menacing a taxi driver in the heart of one of the city’s busiest roads. The episode, which happened near the Central Phuket intersection of Chaloem Phrakiat Rama 9 Road, was promptly shared on social media by onlookers who captured footage of the irate driver confronting the taxi driver.

The Phuket Transport Office was alerted to the incident, prompting them to liaise with Wichit police to take control of the situation. The superintendent of Wichit Police Station, Chatri Chukaew, commanded a team to delve into the matter. They managed to swiftly identify the white Toyota van’s driver through the vehicle’s licence plates and traced him to a residence in Thalang.

The perpetrator, 57 year old Thanongsak Maenman, from Village No. 1, Thepkrasattri Subdistrict,…