PATTAYA – A Swiss man on three-wheeled scooter hit by car in middle of intersection in Pattaya; CCTV captures shocking footage; Thai wife fears case will be hushed up and pleads with media for justice.
On April 22, reporters received a complaint from Mrs. Samrit, 55, that her 73-year-old Swiss husband, Mr. Andreas Geissbühler, was hit by a car driven by another person, causing his three-wheeled electric scooter to skid across the road. The horrifying moment was clearly captured on CCTV.
The incident occurred at around 9:50 AM on April 19, 2024. After the accident, the other driver refused to take responsibility and instead told Mrs. Samrit to deal with the insurance company, even though her husband was still in a coma and being treated in the ICU at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.
Mrs. Samrit said that before the accident, her husband had left the house on his three-wheeled electric scooter to buy his regular medication. A short time later, a friend called her and told her that her husband had been hit head-on by a white Isuzu Mu-X while crossing the intersection of Pattaya South Railway Road. When she arrived at the scene, she found the culprit was helping her husband before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.
Doctors later said that Mr. Geissbühler was in a serious coma and required close monitoring. The driver visited the hospital today to check on his condition, but did not offer any words of comfort or assistance. He did not even offer to help with the initial expenses, which have already exceeded 200,000 baht.
The driver said he would leave everything to the insurance company. Moreover, the police officer in charge of the case at Nongprue police station has yet to determine which side is at fault and has not summoned the other driver for questioning.
Mrs. Samrit fears that the case will be hushed up and therefore asks the media to report on the case to help her husband get justice.
