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Three escape as pickup overturns, bursts into flames in Phuket

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Three escape as pickup overturns, bursts into flames in Phuket 

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PHUKET: Three men luckily escaped without serious injuries when the pickup truck they were in slammed into a pole, flipped onto its side and caught ablaze south of the Heroines Monument last night (Feb 2).

 

Capt Ronnapoom Pempoon of Phuket City Police was notified of the accident Thepkrasattri Rd southbound, at 9pm yesterday (Feb 2).

 

Having arrived at the scene, police and rescue workers found a pickup truck lying on its side next to a damaged pole. Three victims were waiting for help at the scene with minor injuries.


Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/three-escape-as-pickup-overturns-bursts-into-flames-in-phuket-65836.php#oQfUpeqmHG7UJBVo.97

 

 
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No proper road engineering here to protect idiots from themselves. Poles are too close to the carriageway, don’t snap off, and are unprotected by continuous footways with kerbs or barriers to deflect vehicles.

 

In Western countries Armco or similar barriers are used to prevent carriageway crossovers by deflecting vehicles back into the traffic flow. Here often deep ditches or klongs are used on edges or centre medians, which cause deaths or injuries from the sudden stops and ejections and allow a moment’s inattention or minor impact to have a disproportionate outcome. Cheap U turns are used instead of underpasses, flyovers or roundabouts/traffic circles. 

 

Glad to see the Government concentrating on symptoms of civil unrest instead of the causes of dissatisfaction!

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