Retired teacher out cycling killed by truck in Pathum Thani

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Retired teacher out cycling killed by truck in Pathum Thani

By The Nation

 

A retired teacher out for his morning bicycle ride was struck and killed by a truck in Pathum Thani’s Klong Luang district on Tuesday morning.

Police said Sawang Sitthithanakul, 75, died at the scene at 8.30am alongside Klong L-1-2 in Moo 8, Tambon Klong Nueng.

 

Truck driver Sathaporn Noomthongkham, 27, said he saw no one in his path but felt a bump as his lorry struck something. He pulled over and found the cyclist dead.

 

A neighbour of Sawang told police it was the former teacher’s habit to cycle to a nearby market each morning to buy his breakfast.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329993

 

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[Jeremy50]

Strange. Why report this accident out of the dozens of road fatalities that occur each day? Totally random and non-sensical. 

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Truck driver Sathaporn Noomthongkham, 27, said he saw no one in his path but felt a bump as his lorry struck something. He pulled over and found the cyclist dead.

Sorry, but that hardly is an excuse. 20 years for not looking where he was going 

[thenewgoo]

1 hour ago, Jeremy50 said:

Strange. Why report this accident out of the dozens of road fatalities that occur each day? Totally random and non-sensical. 

Yes, can only assume these are reported to remind us all how dangerous Thailand's roads are. Perhaps we'd forget if they didn't report any of these random stories.

[watcharacters]

 

 

Strange replies..

 

Does anyone have any facts about what really happened?

[PAIBKK]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Truck driver Sathaporn Noomthongkham, 27, said he saw no one in his path but felt a bump as his lorry struck something.

Open your eyes when driving !!!

[Just Weird]

2 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

Strange. Why report this accident out of the dozens of road fatalities that occur each day? Totally random and non-sensical. 

Why is it nonsensical?

 

Which news reports are not "random", do you think that they are all planned out in advance?

[dieseldave1951]

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Sorry, but that hardly is an excuse. 20 years for not looking where he was going 

 

[dieseldave1951]

its just another stupid farang getting in the way of those professional lorry drivers 

diden't see anyone in his path ( that's the excuse and that WILL be the end of it) amazing thailand 

[tifino]

7 minutes ago, dieseldave1951 said:

its just another stupid farang getting in the way of those professional lorry drivers 

diden't see anyone in his path ( that's the excuse and that WILL be the end of it) amazing thailand 

 

  [Sawang Sitthithanakul] a farang??