Ten injured in two-pickup collision in Ubon Ratchathani

By The Nation

 

Ten people were injured when a family pickup truck was hit in the rear by another pickup carrying workers on an Ubon Ratchathani road on Thursday night.

 

Police said the accident happened at 7pm on the Warin Chamrab-Pibul Mangsahan road in Ban Thai Thaworn village in Tambon Thachang of Sawang Wirawong district.

 

Police said the pickup driven by Chaiwichit Chanthimas, 42, was hit in the rear, sending it spinning and heading in the opposite direction to its initial trajectory.

 

Chaiwichit, his wife and three-year-old son were injured.

 

The other pickup was driven by Anuwat Samrarnruen, 29. He was injured and stuck behind the wheel following the accident. Six of the eight workers being transported were injured.

 

Police said Anuwat did not see that Chaiwichit's pickup had stopped ahead of him as it waited to make a U-turn. He crashed into the truck at full speed.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30339516

 

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7 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said Anuwat did not see that Chaiwichit's pickup had stopped ahead of him as it waited to make a U-turn. He crashed into the truck at full speed.

Yep. Hard to see something when you're not looking.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He crashed into the truck at full speed.

that's the only speed Thais know  ? 

On 23/02/2018 at 7:20 PM, RichardColeman said:

that's the only speed Thais know  ? 

Not true, members of my family are all slow drivers, too slow.

4 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Not true, members of my family are all slow drivers, too slow.

 

 

There is a difference between slow driving and defensive driving.      

 

Either one is rare to see  on the highways  in the Kingdom

 

How fast do you like to drive  Neeranam?      About??

3 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

How fast do you like to drive  Neeranam?      About??

It depends if I'm in a rush or not. Why?

Never driven my new car to full speed, just 180 kmh. Normally I'm happy going 100-140 on the highways.

 

 

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 9:57 AM, webfact said:

The other pickup was driven by Anuwat Samrarnruen, 29. He was injured and stuck behind the wheel following the accident. Six of the eight workers being transported were injured.

 

It's a reasonable assumption that some those injured workers were being illegally transported in the rear bed of this speeding truck.