A Grab car carrying two foreign passengers mounted the pavement and crashed into a soy milk stall outside the Chiang Mai Gate Market on Wednesday morning, leaving a vendor seriously injured and one passenger in critical condition.
It happened at 7.40am, when the MG electric SUV reportedly lost control near the market area before veering onto the pavement and hitting the roadside stall. The female vendor was hit with force and sustained severe injuries.
Witnesses told police that a Spanish couple had been travelling in the Grab car and were being dropped off near the city moat, according to local media reports.
As the Spanish woman was stepping out of the car, the vehicle suddenly moved forward, dragging her onto the footpath before crashing into the soy milk stall.
The woman was critically injured and lost consciousness at the scene. Emergency responders performed CPR before rushing her and the vendor to hospital.
The other passenger and the driver suffered only minor injuries, police said.
Police have launched an investigation to find the cause of the accident and are conducting an examination of the driver.
