Girl, 5, Killed as Truck Reverses Over E-Scooter in Buriram

Tragic, and probably avoidable if the truck driver would have been more awake. However, it begs the question, what 11, 8 and 5 year old children are doing on the road on an electrical scooter? Out in traffic without adult supervision. We don´t actually know how they were driving and how they just turned up behind a reversing vehicle? The fact, we all know, is that they shouldn´t have been there at all.

What were those kids doing out on an electric scooter? mind, could have been a bicycle.

One problem is these earth moving trucks, they are often taking mud from places and then heading out through village roads that aren’t designed for this kind of traffic - we have had a couple it fatalities out our way where the trucks seem to think they own the road. The whiteness said there was a second, the guy was reversing to allow him access, if they decided upon a one way system rather than the path of least resistance.

Three so young children riding a scooter aren't obviously able to react properly to sudden dangerous situations.

Children should never be unattended.

1 hour ago, recom273 said:

What were those kids doing out on an electric scooter? mind, could have been a bicycle.

One problem is these earth moving trucks, they are often taking mud from places and then heading out through village roads that aren’t designed for this kind of traffic - we have had a couple it fatalities out our way where the trucks seem to think they own the road. The whiteness said there was a second, the guy was reversing to allow him access, if they decided upon a one way system rather than the path of least resistance.

Very accurate observation- but my gf has a son aged 11- he and all his classmates have been riding to school on their motor bikes for the last 2 years! And that seems to be the norm out in the rural area I now live in

2 hours ago, Legal Lifeline said:

Very accurate observation- but my gf has a son aged 11- he and all his classmates have been riding to school on their motor bikes for the last 2 years! And that seems to be the norm out in the rural area I now live in

Yes, actually I have mixed feelings. If you trust your kid, and you educate them to behave responsibly what is the difference between a bicycle, an e-bike and motorbike, the bike didn’t kill those kids, the truck did, and the uneducated rider put them all in the position of danger.

Then the other half of me is annoyed that young kids ride bikes here, maybe that’s my western brain kicking in.

My wife has a friend, really nice widow with 2 kids, the boy is 17 and has a Kawasaki ER6, the same engine as my old Versys, he rides perfectly, always wearing the gear, never with a pillion other than his girlfriend - the western dad taught the boy to act responsibly since an early age - to contrast that, another kid of the same age from the village whose parents have the mai pben rai attitude - he stoved his Honda wave into a light post in the central reservation on a straight section of road at 11:30 pm, in the city, 20km away, putting himself in hospital and writing off the bike that his mum is paying for on the drip.

Because of the current conflict in the Middle East my wife suggested that we check out the viability of buying an electric motorcycle to replace our aging but reliable Honda Swift.

We checked out a few in Khon Kaen and one thing I learned was that many of them aren’t actually road legal if you intend to use them on major roads!

By that I mean that you do not get a registration book or any form of insurance. Upon asking what the use of that type was, I was told that they are only meant for use “around the village “

So basically if you have an accident on that type anywhere you won’t have any insurance and if you use one where you shouldn’t you can be fined by the police.

I have dropped the idea of getting an electric bike now because having test ridden a “road legal “ one I found it extremely under powered unless you are prepared to pay over 80k for one

I pay a tax to use these roads because I have a powered vehicle, I have insurance and a licence. Surely these electric powered scooters should have the same requirements ! So the parents were more than happy for their kid to ride around Thailand's (worst accident rate in the World) roads with 2 pillion passengers. So sad .

1 hour ago, Issanraider said:

Because of the current conflict in the Middle East my wife suggested that we check out the viability of buying an electric motorcycle to replace our aging but reliable Honda Swift.

We checked out a few in Khon Kaen and one thing I learned was that many of them aren’t actually road legal if you intend to use them on major roads!

By that I mean that you do not get a registration book or any form of insurance. Upon asking what the use of that type was, I was told that they are only meant for use “around the village “

So basically if you have an accident on that type anywhere you won’t have any insurance and if you use one where you shouldn’t you can be fined by the police.

I have dropped the idea of getting an electric bike now because having test ridden a “road legal “ one I found it extremely under powered unless you are prepared to pay over 80k for one

One thing that scares the <deleted> out of me - especially when you see old people or youngsters using them, the wheels are super small - but out here, the potholes don’t get any smaller. Already one old girl has come off hers and broke a leg. God forbid if they fell Infront of a truck or lorry - as you say, there is no power to get you out of trouble.

1 hour ago, Humpy said:

I pay a tax to use these roads because I have a powered vehicle, I have insurance and a licence. Surely these electric powered scooters should have the same requirements ! So the parents were more than happy for their kid to ride around Thailand's (worst accident rate in the World) roads with 2 pillion passengers. So sad .

You are supposed to have a drivers license wether petrol or electric .. but here in the village, I guess a lot of people don’t bother, it’s crossed my mind, I will never ride a bike to Singapore again, so do I need one to ride to 7-11 when my old one expires.

5 hours ago, Issanraider said:

Because of the current conflict in the Middle East my wife suggested that we check out the viability of buying an electric motorcycle to replace our aging but reliable Honda Swift.

We checked out a few in Khon Kaen and one thing I learned was that many of them aren’t actually road legal if you intend to use them on major roads!

By that I mean that you do not get a registration book or any form of insurance. Upon asking what the use of that type was, I was told that they are only meant for use “around the village “

So basically if you have an accident on that type anywhere you won’t have any insurance and if you use one where you shouldn’t you can be fined by the police.

I have dropped the idea of getting an electric bike now because having test ridden a “road legal “ one I found it extremely under powered unless you are prepared to pay over 80k for one

Take a peek at DECO brand, 2000w & 3000w E-MC, as we have the SUSU model (3000w), and definitely not underpowered, sells now for 72.2k baht.

https://decogreenenergy.com/index.php/th/products/3000w-2/susu

On topic, yes, tragic 'accident', speedy recover for the injured wee ones.

R I P

14 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

A five-year-old girl has been killed and two other children seriously injured after a six-wheel truck reversed over an electric scooter in a village in Satuek district, Buriram province, on 31 March. The young victims had been riding together to buy drinks when the collision occurred, leaving one child dead at the scene and two others critically hurt.

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Police Lieutenant Kritsada Sawatram, an investigating officer at Satuek Police Station, said authorities were alerted to the crash involving a reversing lorry transporting soil in Tha Muang subdistrict. Emergency responders from Wang Krut rescue unit attended the scene and found a blue Isuzu six-wheel truck blocking the road, with a small electric scooter trapped beneath it.

The body of a five-year-old girl, who had been riding on the rear seat, was discovered under the vehicle’s rear wheel. An eight-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl sustained severe injuries and were rushed to Satuek Hospital for urgent treatment. The driver, identified as 55-year-old Phairoj Kaewpum, remained at the scene and surrendered to police for questioning.

A 60-year-old witness, Sawai Yairam, said she was working beneath her house when she saw two trucks attempting to pass each other on a narrow road. One vehicle reversed to give way, but at that moment the children arrived on their electric scooter and stopped behind it, resulting in them being run over.

Further investigation revealed the deceased child’s parents were working in another province, and she was living with relatives. Her grandfather, 68-year-old Man Boonkrong, said the children had gone out during the hot weather to buy smoothies at the end of the village, as they had done before, but tragically encountered the reversing truck.

The Daily News reported that police have charged the driver with reckless driving causing death and injury and will proceed with legal action. Authorities are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

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Feel sorry for the children. But once again Thai parenting skills called into question allowing kids to ride on a road on an electric bike unsupervised. I know life is cheap in Thailand but this is totally avoidable with a common sense approach. Kids on bikes is a accident waiting to happen. The parents should be prosecuted along with the driver if the driver is guilty of any driving crime.

RIP little one. The grandmother should be charged as well IMHO. Sad