Two killed as pickup crashes into Krabi shop

[rooster59]

Two killed as pickup crashes into Krabi shop

By The Nation

 

Two villagers died while eating at a road-side khanom chin (Thai rice noodle) shop when a pickup truck smashed into them in Krabi at noon on Saturday, police said.

 

The accident happened on the Sinpoon-Lamthab road in Moo 2 village in Tambon Khokhan in Krabi’s Khao Phanom district.

 

Police identified the two victims as Somchai Maithong, 51, and Pornthiwa Boonthong, 42.

 

The shop owner escaped the accident as she had left to buy more knanom chin.

 

The pickup driver, Somporn Krainara, 24, was slightly injured. He told police that he lost control at the curve and hit the shop because it was raining and the road was slippery.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335114

 

 

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[BigBadGeordie]

36 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The pickup driver, Somporn Krainara, 24, was slightly injured. He told police that he lost control at the curve and hit the shop because it was raining and the road was slippery.

These roads clearly need to be improved as they are far below par, unlike the driving ability of the "average" Thai.

 

Grrrrr, bad, bad roads and rain, grrrr.

[rebo]

"... he lost control at the curve and hit the shop because it was raining and the road was slippery."
So annoying to read the same lame nonsense day by day! He lost control because he didn't adjust his speed/driving to the weather conditions causing slippery roads. Period!

[cardinalblue]

He lost control b/c he was going too fast not b/c it was raining...

 

needs to start with mandatory education and training course for all drivers starting in 2018

[mwbrown]

I wonder if these two unlucky people will be added to the 7 Deadly Days count.  Ummm nope I think because they weren't inside a moving vehicle.

[Ulic]

I'm just glad he wasn't driving too fast for the road conditions. 

[ujayujay]

He's seems to be a Idiot with Drivinglicence.

[johnnyonesock]

4 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

He lost control b/c he was going too fast not b/c it was raining...

 

needs to start with mandatory education and training course for all drivers starting in 2018

probably coupled with worn and/or wrongly inflated tyre pressures and possibly chatting to a gik on the phone

[Bangkok Barry]

17 hours ago, rebo said:

"... he lost control at the curve and hit the shop because it was raining and the road was slippery."
So annoying to read the same lame nonsense day by day! He lost control because he didn't adjust his speed/driving to the weather conditions causing slippery roads. Period!

We recently had THREE accidents within 500 metres of my house on a morning that it rained for the first time in weeks. The fact that the roads would be greasy and slippery would never have occurred to them because none of them have had any real or any at all driving instruction. Fortunately they only damaged themselves, their vehicles and a couple of innocent trees that got in their way.

[wvavin]

Thais never admit their fault!

[tryasimight]

14 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

We recently had THREE accidents within 500 metres of my house on a morning that it rained for the first time in weeks. The fact that the roads would be greasy and slippery would never have occurred to them because none of them have had any real or any at all driving instruction. Fortunately they only damaged themselves, their vehicles and a couple of innocent trees that got in their way.

Not uncommon in in area with a wet and dry season. Happens in Northern Australia too, commonly with tourists .....or nonimmigrants

[01322521959]

On 12/31/2017 at 11:51 AM, ujayujay said:

He's seems to be a Idiot with Drivinglicence.

Driving license?

[01322521959]

On 1/1/2018 at 8:01 AM, tryasimight said:

Not uncommon in in area with a wet and dry season. Happens in Northern Australia too, commonly with tourists .....or nonimmigrants

A little rain on the road after a dry period makes it slippery, as a motorcycle rider in the UK I was taught to read the road. They don't do that here or even have the slightest comprehension of what it means.

[Justfine]

You learn that around age 10 as a passenger.

 

Another useless moron with a licence. Should be horse whipped and 10 years jail.