Speedboats have been temporarily banned from carrying passengers between Pattaya and Ko Larn island after a small vessel carrying 23 Indian tourists sank Thursday afternoon. The speedboat reportedly sprang a leak on the way back from Ko Sak, a small island near Ko Larn, approx. two kilometres off the coast of North Pattaya, causing the… Continue Reading
Russian Tourist Crashes Motorcycle As He Chases Necklace Snatchers
A 40-year-old Russian tourist crashed his rented motorcycle in heavy rain just after midnight on Sunday after he had his gold necklace snatched by two drive-by thieves and he gave chase to the two suspects. Luckily Mr Andrei Ananev and his wife, who was riding pillion, were both only slightly injured after they lost control… Continue Reading
Drunk Russian Kills Mother, Baby in Pattaya Hit-and-Run Accident
A drunk Russian tourist crashed his rented Honda Civic vehicle into two motorcycles stopped at a red light in South Pattaya early Saturday, killing a 33-year Thai woman and her five-month-old daughter and seriously injuring three others, including the woman’s husband and another two-year-old daughter. Continue Reading
Chinese Tourist Gone Missing at Sri Racha Tiger Zoo (Updated)
A 36-year-old Chinese woman who had reportedly just split up with her husband went missing at the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo near Pattaya on Sunday afternoon. A tour guide said the woman who was last seen near the zoo’s crocodile pond had appeared to be “under stress” and that he had feared she “would commit… Continue Reading
Dutch Tourist Falls From Pattaya Hotel Balcony, Survives
A 36-year-old Dutch tourist fell from a 4th-floor balcony at the KTK Royal Residence hotel on Pattaya Klang Soi 12 a.k.a. Soi AR Monday morning. Mr Dirk Hasenoot survived the most likely accidental plunge badly injured and is currently being treated for a number of head and shoulder injuries at the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya. Continue Reading
11 People Burned Alive in Horror Minivan Crash near Pattaya
It’s a well-known fact that minivans aren’t particularly the safest means of transport there is in Thailand. They’re popular because they’re cheap and fast (often too fast to be safe.) But on the downside, minivan drivers haven’t got exactly the best reputation. At least once a week, a minivan crash makes national headlines because either… Continue Reading
Tourist Killed in Parasailing Accident off Pattaya Beach
A 37-year-old Sri Lankan tourist was killed in a parasailing accident just off Pattaya beach Saturday afternoon, as it seems due to a sudden lack of wind that caused the foreigner to crash into speedboat that was towing him. Realizing that accidents like these are damaging Pattaya’s tourism image, city officials have (once again) agreed… Continue Reading
British Motorcyclist Crashes into Baht Bus on Pattaya Beach Road
A 47-year-old British tourist somehow managed to crash his Honda Nouvo motorbike into the side of a driving Baht bus on Pattaya Beach Road early Thursday morning. The accident happened just outside Mike’s Shopping Mall and resulted in the British national “bleeding heavily from the mouth.” It remains unknown whether the Englishman himself is to… Continue Reading
Eight Russian Tourists Injured in Minivan Crash Near Pattaya
Eight Russian tourists were slightly injured Tuesday evening when the minivan carrying them from Koh Chang to Pattaya crashed on highway 36 opposite the Bira racing circuit on the eastern outskirts of Pattaya. The minivan reportedly overturned and plunged into a ditch in the middle of the road after the driver had lost control of… Continue Reading
Drunk Russian Crashes Car on Sukhumvit Road in Najomtien
A heavily intoxicated Russian who had earlier been drinking at a friend’s party and was on his way back to Pattaya crashed his Honda Civic limousine into a Mazda pick-up on Sukhumvit Road late Sunday night, causing serious damage to both vehicles. The accident occurred opposite the Elephant Camp in Najomtien. 32-year-old Sergey Karvatski and… Continue Reading
German Killed in High-Speed Motorcycle Accident in Jomtien
A 58-year-old German national was killed just after midnight on Wednesday after he allegedly lost control of his Hondo CBR 650 motorcycle, crashed head-on into an oncoming Ford Everest SUV and was thrown head first onto the road, eventually coming to rest under a parked tour bus at the side of the road. The fatal… Continue Reading
8 Chinese Tourists Injured in Speedboat Crash off Koh Larn
Less than 24 hours after a young Chinese tourist was killed when his jet ski was struck by a speedboat off Koh Larn’s Tawaen beach, another eight Chinese tourists were injured in a head-on collision of two speedboats just off the popular tourist island and close to the scene of Monday’s fatal crash. A total… Continue Reading
