BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A driver claimed to have fallen asleep at the wheel after being rescued from his sedan following a freak accident on the Si Rat Expressway at about 4pm on Wednesday (Jan 18).
Atthapol Yolsophon sustained minor injuries when the sedan he was driving jumped the barrier wall of an off-ramp to Rama lV Road and crashed into the side of the expressway.
The rear of his vehicle was perched atop the off-ramp’s restraining barrier and the front smashed into the expressway.
Atthapol told police that he dozed off seconds after turning into the off-ramp, said Maj Thanida Mankatanyu, an inspector of expressways at the police command centre.
The space between the off-ramp and the expressway was so narrow where the crash occurred that the vehicle did not fall into the area below.
Thanida said Atthapol was rushed to a nearby hospital.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident, Thanida said.
Police had to use a crane to remove the car from its perch atop the off-ramp barrier wall.
