Father’s grief at triple road tragedy

By SUTTIPONG SETHRANGSEE 
THE NATION

 

 

TO ANAN Larppinyo, the Nakhon Ratchasima bus accident on Wednesday was a triple blow. It killed his young daughter, injured his son and put his wife in an intensive-care unit.

“I collapsed when I received the call about the accident,” Anan said tearfully yesterday at the funeral of his daughter. 

 

Pinyada Larppinyo, nine, was one of the three fatalities when a bus carrying students and teachers crashed into a pickup truck at the intersection on the Sikhiew-Chaiyaphum road in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Dan Khunthod district on Wednesday afternoon.

 

 

Nattineeporn Chantaranothai, chair of the Thai Red Cross Society’s Nakhon Ratchasima branch, yesterday visits 15 students who were injured in a road accident during a school trip on Wednesday. The young victims are receiving treatment at a hospital in the province.

 

The bus driver and his wife also died, and the accident injured 55 others, including Pinyada’s mother and elder brother. 

Anan’s wife is a teacher at the Ban Nong Saeng School in Chaiyaphum province, which organised the educational trip to the Royal Crematorium ceremonial ground in Bangkok. 

 

 

Accompanying her were her two children from another school. The accident took place while they were returning to their home province. 

“I dare not tell my wife and my son about what happened to my daughter,” Anan said. 

 

The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) has given Bt300,000 to the victims via its Chaiyaphum branch. The branch has also received more than Bt200,000 in donations for the victims and their families. 

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday sent his condolences to the victims and instructed the relevant authorities to provide assistance. 

 

In addition, he demanded that schools take precautions when organising educational trips. 

 

“It’s necessary to introduce measures to prevent accidents,” he said. 

 

Authorities, meanwhile, have blamed the accident on the lack of traffic lights at the intersection where the tragedy occurred.

 

Nakhon Ratchasima Governor Wichien Channothai said the Ban Kud Muang intersection had no traffic lights or pedestrian crosswalks, and that pedestrians often walked on the road because of trees in the centre island, leading to accidents.

 

Wichien said there were five accidents at the same location on Wednesday alone. The governor plans to urge the provincial Highway Office to install traffic lights and remove trees blocking pedestrian movement in the area.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30331806

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

“It’s necessary to introduce measures to prevent accidents,” he said. 

Oh, General......Measures are already in place.......but we all know why accidents still happen........Unfortunately, in instances like these the little innocents are the sad victims as they are at the hands of the incompetents......

R.I.P. to all the victims, and I hope in time the pain of the parents will diminish....

The laws are in place to bring down this daily death toll; if only Thailand had a police force.

So, the blame goes to the intersection for not having traffic lights, rather than to the imbecile that pulled out in front of the bus. Sure, blame the intersection as they're always jumping out in front of you. In this country traffic lights can make an intersection more dangerous as stopping at a red light seems to be optional for many drivers. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ... demanded that schools take precautions when organising educational trips. 

 

“It’s necessary to introduce measures to prevent accidents,” he said. 

Ah, so now the responsibility (buck) having been passed to the schools, the PM follows up with a bone-shattering statement of monumental crassness. Unless, of course, he intends to surprise all of us, and actually DO something. 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Wichien said there were five accidents at the same location on Wednesday alone.

And the authorities interpret that as ... what?

2 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

And the authorities interpret that as ... what?

They interpreted that as a sign to buy lottery tickets ending with a #5.

 

Unfortunately your logic goes waaaay beyond their thinking, and there will be no action taken.

Edited November 17, 20178 yr by Bob12345

When I first come to Thailand ,I was with a group of friends, and one guy had been here a while, and we were talking about Thai traffic laws, he said"that's simple,  bigger you are are more right of way you have",I have always remembered that ,and  have seen it in practice  a  good few times .

IMO ,the bus approached the intersection, being a big bus kept going, and hit the pick up , who's right of way it was ?.

Whats the answer? to all these traffic problems,asBob12345 said, do it the Thai way ,I could not see the bus registration plate ,if I could i would buy a lottery ticket with the last 3 digits on ,100 baht bet on the underground lottery could win you 60 000 baht.

 

when is the Pm going to seriously except that the roads and the idiots

that cause accidents needs to be fixed ASAP. no use offering his sympothy

which did not come from his heart . 

"IMO ,the bus approached the intersection, being a big bus kept going, and hit the pick up , who's right of way it was ?."

 

According to available reports, the bus was traveling at speed in the right hand lane when a pickup apparently cut in front of him to try and U turn and the  bus collided and careened across the highway over the oncoming lanes and ended up on its side off the road. I would think that the bus had the right of way....

Were you able to view the video and attached photos?

Sad, sad, sad and again sad.....sad about the tragedy and sad that nothing would seem to change in a close future.....!

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday sent his condolences to the victims and instructed the relevant authorities to provide assistance. 

 

In addition, he demanded that schools take precautions when organising educational trips. 

 

“It’s necessary to introduce measures to prevent accidents,” he said. 

Im at a loss to understand a way that schools can take precautions to prevent accidents ? surely it is the job of the authorities ! In case none of the authorities know who I am refering to it is the Government the Transport Department the Police Department !

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

"IMO ,the bus approached the intersection, being a big bus kept going, and hit the pick up , who's right of way it was ?."

 

According to available reports, the bus was traveling at speed in the right hand lane when a pickup apparently cut in front of him to try and U turn and the  bus collided and careened across the highway over the oncoming lanes and ended up on its side off the road. I would think that the bus had the right of way....

Were you able to view the video and attached photos?

That isn't what 'armchair experts' do! 

...there is no incentive to follow the law; where the law is actually enforced, the fines are too small.

 

A 17 y.o on a learner's permit in Australia just got a $2500 (60000+ baht) fine for driving in a school zone (40 km/h) at 100 km/h. Nothing will change here until the police do the job they are paid to do and the fines are much stiffer.

9 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

And the authorities interpret that as ... what?

Bad luck - not enough amulets  

Edited November 17, 20178 yr by Artisi

2 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

"IMO ,the bus approached the intersection, being a big bus kept going, and hit the pick up , who's right of way it was ?."

 

According to available reports, the bus was traveling at speed in the right hand lane when a pickup apparently cut in front of him to try and U turn and the  bus collided and careened across the highway over the oncoming lanes and ended up on its side off the road. I would think that the bus had the right of way....

Were you able to view the video and attached photolows?

 

Bus was traveling at speed, When I was taught to drive ,I was aways told to slow down at intersections and alike ,a source of danger,  a lot of intersections around here have signs saying no  U turns ,if that was the pick was doing .

Driving to fast ,one of the biggest problems on Thai roads, time Thai police did there job ................sigh. 

Sad story. Unfortunately the number of road deaths here aren't going to drop any time soon. 

How many more must die before somebody decides to tackle this problem? 

7 hours ago, djayz said:

Sad story. Unfortunately the number of road deaths here aren't going to drop any time soon. 

How many more must die before somebody decides to tackle this problem? 

Nothing to do with how many, being Thailand it comes down to "what's in it for me"