Five people were injured when a car struck pedestrians and a mobile food vendor on a roadside in Phuket's Karon area on October 19. Among the wounded were two Thai women and German tourists, including two young children. Officers from Karon Police Station were alerted to the collision at around 3.50pm. It happened outside the Orchid Hotel and a massage shop on Luang Phor Chuan Road in Karon subdistrict. The initial report did not spell out how badly those struck were hurt. Details about the driver and the cause of the crash were also missing. Karon is one of the island's busiest beach areas, and the road where it happened sees constant tourist traffic.