Seven students faint in Ayutthaya school van

By The Nation

 

 

Four female and three male students fainted on their way to school in Ayutthaya on Wednesday morning after their van’s air conditioner malfunctioned, police said.

 

The students were found unconscious in the van driven by Wanaree Jindarat, 52, when it reached the Pracha Sueksa School in Tambon Huaror of Ayutthaya’s Muang district.

 

The students were rushed to Ayutthaya Hospital and allowed to go home after they recovered.

 

One student’s parent, Yospong Khorporn, 36, said the van had been hired by parents to transport students to several schools and it had been crowded, leading to an inadequate air supply. Yospong added that the driver rarely turned on the air conditioner because the van was old.

 

Pol Colonel Surapong Thampithak, commander of the Muang district police station, concurred that the driver rarely turned on the air conditioner because the engine has antiquated and the air conditioner overloaded the electrical system.

 

Surapong said Wanaree normally opened the windows but morning rains had prompted her to close them, resulting in a stifling environment inside the van.

 

Atchara Kesaniyabutr, director of the Ayutthaya Land Transport Office, said the van’s owner had been fined Bt2,000 for failing to receive permission to operate the van as a school vehicle.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335910

 

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Death trap with no permission to carry kids to school fined 2000 baht. Find it hard to believe that the parents hired it without a commission from someone in authority at the school. Hope they checked the exhaust for CO leaking into the passenger compartment? 

The root cause for all this shit including people crammed into pick-ups and kids on motorbikes is a complete lack of usable transport infrastructure a 3rd world transport system. Don't get me started on the police issues. Unfixable unfortunately 

2 hours ago, Dave67 said:

The root cause for all this shit including people crammed into pick-ups and kids on motorbikes is a complete lack of usable transport infrastructure a 3rd world transport system. Don't get me started on the police issues. Unfixable unfortunately 

Go on Dave, get started, as in common with many other retired ex-pats, I've got nothing to do all day and I enjoy a good rant.    Try and keep it down to a couple of pages though, as I am a slow reader and I like to be in bed by 9 o'clock and my better three quarters does not like me reading in bed, particularly while otherwise engaged.

What it does not say is exactly how many poor kids were in the van to cause 7 of them to pass out;  if the weren't jammed in like sardines none would.  'Crowded' in Thailand probably equates to 50 kids in 12-seater.

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Seven students faint in Ayutthaya school van

And I thought my farts were bad

4 hours ago, Retiredandhappyhere said:

Go on Dave, get started, as in common with many other retired ex-pats, I've got nothing to do all day and I enjoy a good rant.    Try and keep it down to a couple of pages though, as I am a slow reader and I like to be in bed by 9 o'clock and my better three quarters does not like me reading in bed, particularly while otherwise engaged.

I' m not retired sunshine. Anything anywhere involving endangering kids riles me. You are obviously a retired mess past caring about anything

On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Dave67 said:

I' m not retired sunshine. Anything anywhere involving endangering kids riles me. You are obviously a retired mess past caring about anything

No........................Retiredandhappy is retired , he didn't say you were , so rant on.

12 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

No........................Retiredandhappy is retired , he didn't say you were , so rant on.

What are you his wing man?

Edited January 13, 20188 yr by Dave67

On 1/11/2018 at 8:51 AM, Dave67 said:

The root cause for all this shit including people crammed into pick-ups and kids on motorbikes is a complete lack of usable transport infrastructure a 3rd world transport system. Don't get me started on the police issues. Unfixable unfortunately 

what usable transport infrastructure would a child going to school use, maybe as many other countries do a bus, this is down to poor maintenance and unfit for purpose vehicles carrying fare paying passengers  and the lack of government/police rules and enforcement.

3 minutes ago, steve187 said:

what usable transport infrastructure would a child going to school use, maybe as many other countries do a bus, this is down to poor maintenance and unfit for purpose vehicles carrying fare paying passengers  and the lack of government/police rules and enforcement.

Hence the word USABLE  ie Maintained and fit for purpose

Edited January 13, 20188 yr by Dave67

This story could have ended a lot worse if the students who fainted hadn't been found until much later. 

Some of (a lot of???) these private bus operators are unfit to operate a bus "service". 

On 1/10/2018 at 6:25 PM, webfact said:

three male students fainted on their way to school

poor boys ....  hope they recovered ok.

Sounds more serious that just fainting. More like CO2 leaking in. But who cares, cheap transportation!