Pattaya stories

Trat: The way Kittisak Darapong, 35, told it, it was an open-and-shut case. He was driving his pick-up truck along the Trat-Klong Yai Rd on the night of December 7th, when a buffalo hopped onto the road, right in his path.
Kittisak told police that he stood on the brakes but couldn’t avoid the buffalo because it had came out onto the road too quickly.
The pick-up truck hit the buffalo’s left flank with enough force to crumple the hood and push the front fender nearly up to the driver’s seat.
The buffalo, although bleeding profusely, still managed to hobble away from the accident. Police, arrived at the site, tied it to a tree while the road was being cleared, to ensure it would not (like so many other culprits) flee the scene of the accident.
Officers listened to Kittisak’s story and decided it was not a load of bull. They ruled that the animal was at fault, and hauled it off to the police station.
Kittisak was told that if no one turned up to claim the buffalo within three days, he could take possession of it and sell it to pay for the repairs to his truck.
Source: Thai Rat and the book “Pattaya Unplugged” by Duncan Stearn available at Bookazine.