Man injured after falling face first onto durian
According to Thai media outlet Channel 7, the 48-year-old man was riding his motorcycle in Buriram when he crashed into the back of a pick-up truck on July 15.
The collision caused him to be flung off his motorcycle, landing face first onto a singular durian covered by a plastic bag.
The motorcyclist, known only as Somchai, was left with puncture wounds to his face from the spikes of the fruit.
The Muang Buriram Police Station received a call for assistance at about 5pm that day, said Channel 7.
When they arrived at the scene, the police found Somchai slumped beneath a tree with visible puncture wounds to his face.
He said he did not know what he had landed on and that he was not speeding before the accident occurred. — The Straits Times/ANN
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