This is a tragic situation. Enough abipout the blame game, there needs to be a positive solution...
There are plenty, of "I-told-you-so"-s and also people blaming the truck.
None of this is constructive or contributes to the situation in any way.
With millions of foreigners visiting Samui every year this sort of thing is statistically inevitable.
I find it hard to believe that various embassies have no facilities for getting these people back home.
The people may end up in debt for the rest of their lives,but at least they'll have a " rest of their life"