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One dead, one injured in wicked pickup accident

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver, Chatree Thongjit, 31, died in the vehicle and his female passenger Thanyaporn Unmai, 22, was rushed to hospital for serious injuries. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 31-year-old man was killed and his female passenger suffered serious injuries when the pickup truck they were travelling in first flattened a small streetlamp on Thepkrasattri Rd then crumpled as it slammed into larger street light pylon in the early minutes of this morning (Nov 22).

 

Lt Sunan Petchnoo of Thalang Police was notified of the accident, in front of Phra Nang Sang Temple in Thalang, at 0:10am.

 

Lt Sunan arrived at the scene together with Kusoldharm rescue workers to find a wrecked white Toyota pickup truck wrapped around a large spotlight pole on the central reservation.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/one-dead-one-injured-in-wicked-pickup-accident-64808.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-11-22

 

[LivinginKata]

What sort of high speed caused that sort of damage ?

 

Edit ... it gets worse when you examine the full set of accident images.

Edited November 22, 2017 by LivinginKata

[canopus1969]

That really is 'wrapping it round the lamp post'  !

[Psimbo]

Natural selection- at least he won't be a danger to others anymore.

 

May sound a bit callous but he must have been travelling at extremely high speeds (and a danger to other road users) to do that sort of damage. Rain as well so not driving within the road conditions- no sympathy. 

 

 

[Briggsy]

What a selfish moron.

[transam]

Showing off for him cost....Fingers crossed for the passenger....

[richard_smith237]

He must have been traveling at some crazy speed to achieve this level of destruction. 

 

In contradiction to other posters, I do sympathize - I don't like to see anyone hurt or killed, especially in what is clearly an avoidable accident. I particularly sympathize with his family and with the young lady traveling with him who must have endured awful pain and quite likely life altering injuries. 

 

That said: it is fortunate that no further innocents were hurt, it also quite a cruel comment to suggest that this is one more careless driver who is no longer able to kill or maim further innocents... an awful comment, but unfortunately true. 

[marko kok prong]

No Falang's to blame for this one?

[NanLaew]

Move this to the Motor forum under "How to remove a Hilux engine in less than a second."

 

The video from cctv should be good.

[steelepulse]

Slippery road, excessive speeding, lack of driving fundamentals and correct speed for the conditions, and this is the outcome.  Not quite sure where the fire is at that hour that requires going as fast as the wreck shows.

[RichardColeman]

43 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

No Falang's to blame for this one?

No, but a very evil and stationary streetlamp

[NanLaew]

9 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

No, but a very evil and stationary streetlamp

Copied a German design apparently.

 

Lethal.

Edited November 22, 2017 by NanLaew

[Somtamnication]

1 hour ago, marko kok prong said:

No Falang's to blame for this one?

No, as no one is pointing at the truck.

[GuiseppeD]

1 hour ago, marko kok prong said:

No Falang's to blame for this one?

Not this time as no falang standing within 100ft of the accident.

[lonewolf99]

Strangely, the locals always drive fast when it is raining, normally on motorbikes. They hurry to get out of the rain.

 

I have witnessed this many times, the harder the rain, the faster the traffic goes. The kick it up several notches .....mental.

And as for this maniac in the truck  - one less on the road is always a good thing.
Sad about the girl.

[toofarnorth]

That is a lot of damage from hitting an inactive post. The small post didn't do it but the big one stopped him dead.

[johncat1]

The full set of crash photos are mind-blowing ..His speed must have been off the clock  to do that much damage. At least the big pole did not fall down and hurt others.

One idiot that we do not have to worry about anymore,. Making the roads safer for everyone 

[johncat1]

5 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

That is a lot of damage from hitting an inactive post. The small post didn't do it but the big one stopped him dead.

Good to see " inactive posts " have their uses 

[jossthaifarang]

I'm surprised she made it out alive, she must be in a pretty critical state. Hope she makes it out the other side..

[tandor]

3 hours ago, Psimbo said:

Natural selection- at least he won't be a danger to others anymore.

 

May sound a bit callous but he must have been travelling at extremely high speeds (and a danger to other road users) to do that sort of damage. Rain as well so not driving within the road conditions- no sympathy. 

 

 

...a lot get selected every year..lets hope education does the trick...hope his passenger survives the ordeal..IMO looks like a 140k impact...no visible skid marks/scrapes or gouges.

[ChrisY1]

Looks like a street wreck out of Syria!

[GuiseppeD]

2 hours ago, jossthaifarang said:

Hope she makes it out the other side..

Hope she doesn't make it to the other side.  

[Reigntax]

 

Clearly the cause was "fate" and incorrectly mounted, or insufficient amulets.

[HHTel]

Surely the word in the title should be 'wrecked' not 'wicked'.  Google translate?

[madmitch]

Was it brake failure? Was it fate? Was it superglue under the accelerator pedal?

 

No, it was no more than a @#$%ing stupid driver.