Patong -
Tuk Tuk -taksinkuljettaja antautui Phuketin poliisille, kun hän osui ja loukkasi Saudi-Arabialaista jalankulkijaa ja poistui onnettomuuspaikalta.
Patong Police Chief Colonel Sujin Nilbodee told the Phuket Express that on Wednesday night (September 13th) at 7:45 P.M a Tuk Tuk taxi hit a foreign tourist who was walking on the footpath of Rainbow Road in Patong before speeding away.
The Tuk Tuk taxi driver later surrendered to the Patong Police and was identified only as Mr. Eakkaluck, 37.
The foreign tourist was later fully identified as Mr. Alotaibi Meshari Midad, 38, a Saudi Arabian national. He was taken to the Patong hospital.
The Tuk Tuk taxi driver told the police that after he hit the man he went to the Patong Hospital to visit the tourist before coming to the police station to surrender himself.
Police are continuing their investigation and considering further legal action.