Soldiers and police immediately cordoned off the area, which they described as the scene of an accident.
"There were two people in the car, a mother and a daughter," Metropolitan Police Commander Sanit Mahathavorn told reporters at the scene.
"The mother was driving and suffered a seizure leading to the accident," he added
Two Uighur men from China are presently awaiting trial charged with the Aug. 17 2015 bombing, in which 20 people --mostly foreign nationals -- died and 100 more were injured while visiting the shrine.
The shrine -- particularly popular with tourists from Asia -- houses a golden statue of Phra Phrom -- the four-faced Thai representation of the Hindu god of creation, Brahma.
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