Phuket police drag heels on deadly bypass pickup wipeout investigation

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Phuket police drag heels on deadly bypass pickup wipeout investigation

The Phuket News

 

The pickup truck overturned on the bypass road during rush hour. Photo: Phuket City Traffic Police

 

PHUKET: The driver of the pickup truck carrying Myanmar migrant workers that overturned on the bypass road last Wednesday (Nov 15), causing one fatality, has yet to be charged as the investigation into the accident is ongoing, Capt Ronnaphoom Permpoon of Phuket City Police confirmed today (Nov 22).

 

The workers were heading from a worker’s camp to a construction site in Chalong area when the truck flipped over on the bypass road, killing one man from Myanmar and injuring seven other.

 

The pickup truck was carrying nine Myanmar migrant workers in the tray of the pick up, and two Thais, who were in the driver and the passenger seats in the cab, Capt Ronnaphoom confirmed today.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-police-drag-heels-on-deadly-bypass-pickup-wipeout-investigation-64810.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-11-22

[observer90210]

People may consider normal that there is a delay....after all the Phuket cops,  with their colleagues are in the "How to be a good detective and deal with farangs", course !!!!!

Edited November 22, 2017 by observer90210

[Just1Voice]

They are just giving the driver some time to come up with the bribe money.  Nothing unusual.

 

[Lokie]

So what was the cause this time, brake failure... You would think when conveying people that you would take a bit of care? Do myanmar people not count for this, they always seem to count when investigations require a few suspects it seems

 

Probably a case of onto bypass and full chat then oops! nearly hit that, quick steering input and flip the pickup - Brake failure

 

RIP to the poor worker who has died and hope the other poor unfortunate workers are ok/recover alrite

 

Meanwhile back on the beaches...

[Deli]

Isn't the a wearing seat belt law in this country ?
At last I got fined once for not having buckled up...

 

[lvr181]

22 minutes ago, Deli said:

Isn't the a wearing seat belt law in this country ?
At last I got fined once for not having buckled up...

 

Seems if you don't like wearing a seatbelt then you can sit in the tray of the pickup and be sure of injury or death in the event of an accident (where there can be no enforcement of wearing a seat belt).

 

Go figure!

 

You are farang, therefore fair game. 

[Happyman58]

I bet if there some envelopes given  investigation would pick up in hurry. But these workers are from Mayanmar  have no money so they are not important  Soon to be forgotten about  Plenty more from where they came from Driver has nothing to worry about  even though he was speeding and driving dangerously  Minor detail

[Deli]

41 minutes ago, lvr181 said:

Seems if you don't like wearing a seatbelt then you can sit in the tray of the pickup and be sure of injury or death in the event of an accident (where there can be no enforcement of wearing a seat belt).

 

Go figure!

 

You are farang, therefore fair game. 

Man, you are so smart :)

[lvr181]

10 minutes ago, Deli said:

Man, you are so smart :)

 

Maybe I should have padded that comment out a bit more e.g. What's the point of enforcing seat belts when loads of people are allowed to travel in a pick up tray? Not smart from a road safety perspective, but a money earner I guess.

 

The 'you' in my original comment line wasn't meaning you, Deli.

Edited November 23, 2017 by lvr181
Additional comment

[the guest]

Burmese are carried around like cattle. It's is disgusting to see how Thais treat foreigners, and have no respect for them whatsoever.

[LivinginKata]

1 hour ago, the guest said:

Burmese are carried around like cattle. It's is disgusting to see how Thais treat foreigners, and have no respect for them whatsoever.

 

To be honest plenty of Thai workers are also carried about like cattle.  Just a fact of Thai working life.

[wgdanson]

8 hours ago, Deli said:

Isn't the a wearing seat belt law in this country ?
At last I got fined once for not having buckled up...

 

And sitting in the back tray of a pickup is also illegal.

[Psimbo]

If all the internet detectives can figure it out by looking at the footage prior to the crash the real cops could as well if they wanted to, but they don't- it's Burmese and they couldn't give a toss. No way the roads will ever be cleaned up with the cops refusing to get their act together.

 

This goes on all over the country every day. It's a farkin disgrace and a national embarrassment.

 

[LivinginKata]

1 hour ago, wgdanson said:

And sitting in the back tray of a pickup is also illegal.

 

Not in Thailand. Not even in the good old USA so long as folks sitting in the tray.

[helloagain]

As reported......... SO WHY ARE THE POLICE DRAGGING THEIR HEELS ON THIS...................................COME ON POLICE ANSWER TO YOUR PUBLIC?

[lvr181]

22 minutes ago, helloagain said:

As reported......... SO WHY ARE THE POLICE DRAGGING THEIR HEELS ON THIS...................................COME ON POLICE ANSWER TO YOUR PUBLIC?

And pigs will fly, steam rollers will roll steam and hens have teeth! Guess what? The Police answer only to themselves.

 

It seems that even the 'democratic soldier' is unable to bring about any real change to the culture of the RTP. Plenty of talk (beloved of the elite) but little action. 

[xylophone]

On ‎23‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 5:52 PM, helloagain said:

As reported......... SO WHY ARE THE POLICE DRAGGING THEIR HEELS ON THIS...................................COME ON POLICE ANSWER TO YOUR PUBLIC?

Corruption and incompetence should answer your question.

[lvr181]

13 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Corruption and incompetence should answer your question.

A 'subtle' but truthful reply. 

[Sir Dude]

There are 3 types of law here. One for the rich elite which is pretty much nonexistent as it is a pay-to-win/avoid situation, one for the rest of Thai society which basically means those without enough money and the only reason they really have prisons here (for the poor), and one for foreigners which is anal, severe and fascist because they don't really want us here anyhow. Nuff said.