Relatives claim bodies of Myanmar workers killed in van fire

By The Nation

 

 

Relatives of some of the 13 Myanmar workers who were killed in a van accident in Sing Buri early on Friday arrived in Bangkok on Saturday to claim the bodies.

 

The Police Hospital’s Forensic Medicine Institute opened a room on the first floor to provide assistance to the relatives.

 

The 13 workers were killed along with a Thai driver when the van burst into flames after it crashed into the rear of a truck in Sing Buri.

 

Yorin, one of the relatives from Myanmar, said he came to contact police to retrieve the body of Unai, one of the killed workers. Yorin said he learned of the accident through social media, after which he tried but failed to contact his relative.

 

Unai has just visited his father on November 10 and was taking the van to a rubber plantation in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Pran Buri district, where he was to be hired as a rubber-tapping worker.

 

Pol Colonel Supichai Limsiwawong, a doctor of the Forensic Medicine Institute, said doctors had finished the autopsies and found that they were seven men and seven women.

 

He said 11 of them died of suffocation from fumes and three from severe injuries from the impact of the crash.

 

So far, the authorities had learned the name of one victim, Pathomphan Phanpol.

 

He said if relatives of the victims came forward to claim the bodies, the officials would need two days to match the DNA samples. However, they would have to bring along the person’s next-of-kin, such as parents, brothers, sisters or children.

 

Pol Colonel Wathee Assawutmangkool, a scientist at the institute, said relatives could send their DNA samples to the institute via the Myanmar embassy and the process would take about one month to complete.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30332500

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-26

What a shocking tragedy and perfect example of Thailand's view of road safety.

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

However, they would have to bring along the person’s next-of-kin, such as parents, brothers, sisters or children.

Add a few more to the tourist figures - if only to claim their dead !

Happens in Myanmar as well.  Young guy I work with lost 6 of his uni friends in a crash and burn not too long ago.  Terrible. 

When will the Thai government really do something to stop this? We all know how those drivers from minivans drive, every road they cause problems by being selfish. But they still let them go on.

Bodies of Myanmar migrant workers to be sent to Police General Hospital for identification checks

By Thai PBS

 

 

Families of the 20 Myanmar migrant workers who were killed in a double-decker bus inferno earlier this week would receive 300,000 baht in compensation each from an insurance company whereas families of the injured would receive 80,000 baht if it could be proven that the fire was caused by negligence on the part of the driver, Tak governor Charoenrit Sa-nguansak said Sunday.

 

He said that KSK (Thailand) insurance company would be responsible for paying the company, adding, however that the amount of compensation for both the dead and injured victims would be adjusted to 35,000 baht and 80,000 baht respectively if it was proven that the fire which destroyed the bus was not the fault of the driver.

 

Nevertheless, the governor said that arrangements had been made to provide convenience for families of the victims who want to come to Tak province to claim the compensation, adding that the provincial administration would take care of the accommodation and food expenses for the families while they are staying in Tak province.

 

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-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-04-02