Three dead as pickup slams motorcycle with pillion seat in Prachin Buri

[rooster59]

Three dead as pickup slams motorcycle with pillion seat in Prachin Buri

By The Nation

 

Three people were killed and three others severely injured as a speeding pickup truck crashed into a motorcycle with three pillion riders before then hitting eight vehicles housed in a roadside tent for a used-car dealership in Prachin Buri.

 

Police said the accident happened at 2am on highway 3079 near the Phra Prom intersection in Tambon Thatoom in Prachin Buri’s Sri Mahapho district.

 

Police said motorcyclist Nikom Rattaprathoom, 20, died at the scene and two others, Parichat Saedan, 17, and Kittithat Chaiyaphum, 20, died in hospital. The other injured motorcyclist was unidentified. The four were riding on the same bike.

 

The pickup was driven by Chaimongkol Nontha-ubol, 34, who was travelling with his wife. The impact of the crash sent the couple through their pickup’s windshield, causing serious injuries.

 

All the injured were sent to Sri Mahapho hospital.

 

Witness Weerachai Maenmai, 39, told police that he saw the pickup speeding from the 304 industrial zone and hitting the motorcycle before it lost control and plunged into the roadside used-cars tent.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30333556

 

 

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[Blue Muton]

R.I.P. to the deceased, I for one would be pleased to see one more added to their number.

Edited December 9, 2017 by Blue Muton

[trainman34014]

Four on a Motorbike, you can bet with no helmets, speeding pick-up, 2am, two people go through the windscreen on impact , so another good bet they weren't wearing seatbelts.  I wonder if any of them had a license to drive or any insurance ?

 

All in all this sums up just about everything that's wrong with 'Law and Order' on Thai roads !

 

RIP those lost but has to be said that self inflicted.

[sammieuk1]

The one constant on endless repeat building up to the new year crescendo of death . 

[phantomfiddler]

It almost always seems to be the pickups that are involved in these  accidents. Every accident I have ever had here has been with a pickup truck

[thurien]

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

I wonder if any of them had a license to drive or any insurance ?

 

 

what for (after all this)?

[lvr181]

Stupid is as stupid does, unfortunately. 

[oldlakey]

11 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Four on a Motorbike, you can bet with no helmets, speeding pick-up, 2am, two people go through the windscreen on impact , so another good bet they weren't wearing seatbelts.  I wonder if any of them had a license to drive or any insurance ?

 

All in all this sums up just about everything that's wrong with 'Law and Order' on Thai roads !

 

RIP those lost but has to be said that self inflicted.

You cant say that there is anything wrong with the law and order on Thailands roads, until they have a three month trial to see if they like it or not

[oldlakey]

7 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

It almost always seems to be the pickups that are involved in these  accidents. Every accident I have ever had here has been with a pickup truck

Buy a bus or try driving with a bit more care

 

[Sir Swagman]

I wonder why road carnage is even reported. Could there not just be a template headline saying something like 'as usual, about every 25 minutes today someone died, probably as a result of the normal avoidable reasons'

[Cereal]

I wonder if this accident will fall into the "bad luck" or "fate" category as 1/3 of Thais believe.

[sawadee1947]

....and nobody with seat belts or helmets.......as always. RIP.....avoid driving at night anyway

[hotchilli]

2am you can pretty much do as you like,

if it's anything like where I live NO police are around at that time..

here their hours seem to be 6am to 6pm

and after saying that it seems to only cover school opening and closing and then they disappear

after 6pm it's definitely do-as-you-like time !!