A car and three other tuk-tuks in the car park suffered damage such as broken mirrors and scratches.

The incident took place at about 1pm on Oct 28 at the Chang Puak elephant camp in Hatyai, police said.

The 32-year-old Malaysian driver left the scene without realising the other vehicles were damaged, Hatyai tourist police chief Lt Col Pol Anuwat Rithichai said.

The vehicle owners lodged a police report on Friday and the Malaysian vehicle was stopped at the Sadao border checkpoint at about 6pm yesterday.

“The driver and his wife were taken to the police station to meet the owners of the affected vehicles,” he told reporters. Both parties agreed that the Malaysian driver would pay 99,000 baht in compensation. The man also apologised to the owners of the affected vehicles.

“Drifting” is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, through a corner, where often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn.