A Toyota tourist passenger van plunged off a pier into the reservoir of the Rajjaprabha dam in Surat Thani province in southern Thailand on Sunday morning. Only the driver a 39-year-old woman was injured.
According to the Bangkok Post, the incident took place at about 10am at a pier on the reservoir .in tambon Khao Phang of Ban Takhun district while tourism personnel were welcoming visitors to boat trips.
Suddenly a white Toyota van sped to the end of the high concrete pier and plunged into the reservoir. The front of the van hit the bottom close to the bank while its rear smashed into a steel pontoon before the whole vehicle sank.
Amid shocked tourists, local workers and villagers managed to rescue the 39-year-old van driver, Chanantida Disaya-akaranon, who suffered a left broken wrist and a cut in her chin. She remained conscious and was sent to Bantakhun Hospital.
She was the only person involved in the accident because about 10 tourists had just arrived and got out of the van for a boat trip.
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