Leo looters! Locals help themselves to beer after truck trailer accident in Lampang

 

Pictures (2): Sanook

 

Passersby helped themselves to more than a thousand cans of Leo beer after they came loose from a truck that collided with a barrier in the rain.

 

Sanook said in their headline that the people should not have done that.

 

They were pictured with bags and sacks helping themselves to the beer as quickly as they could. The beer was spread all over the road.

 

Some of it was damaged but plenty was drinkable.

 

The accident happened near the village of Ban Mae Phraw in Ngaw district.

 

 

Driver Mongkhon Thapthawee, 37, said that it was drizzling and he lost control hitting the barrier. Several pallets of his load of "a famous beer brand" came loose. He was taking the beer to Phayao.

 

Pictures clearly showed that it was Leo brand.

 

Sanook reported that it took 3 hours before insurance assessors arrived at the scene.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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There will be no work going on in the nearby villages,

they will all be pissed.

regards worgeordie

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

Sanook reported that it took 3 hours before insurance assessors arrived at the scene.

I'm sure the party was probably in full swing by then. 

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

Sanook reported that it took 3 hours before insurance assessors arrived at the scene.

Eh? I've never known one take that long before. I reckon he must have been multi-tasking along with the looters.

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Driver Mongkhon Thapthawee, 37, said that it was drizzling and he lost control hitting the barrier

Probably never experienced precipitation whilst driving before ! ?

Another (not) competent driver on the Thai roads.

How many more accidents from all the looters running back and forth on the highway? 

All we need now is some karaoke out here; -)

He lost control going uphill? Does a cell phone have any connection to this?

This accident will go down in folklore amongst the expats of 7-11's steps throughout the nation.... 

Leo is about the only beer I wouldn't even drink for free.

I've seen something similar in Indonesia; a truck with Beer Bintang, had dropped its cargo, but here the looting was properly organized by a local policeman; just to avoid traffic congestion.

17 minutes ago, lamecn said:

I've seen something similar in Indonesia; a truck with Beer Bintang, had dropped its cargo, but here the looting was properly organized by a local policeman; just to avoid traffic congestion.

Good idea, and this way the   beer cans  on the roads are removed quickly  using free manpower. Anyway the company will destroy the damaged cans.

 

 

This is theft of course but this is also Thailand.....

Not whisky but Beer Galore, eh? 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

a famous beer brand

 

The words Famous and Beer being used extremely losely here.

6 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Not whisky but Beer Galore, eh? 

That was an excellent film, made in 1949. I watched it about three years ago.

 

9 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

That was an excellent film, made in 1949. I watched it about three years ago.

 

And apparently remade. 

2 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said:

And apparently remade. 

Thanks for that! I had no idea, just d/l it now.

Mind you, it's often not so good watching a remake (2016). The only name I recognise is Gregor Fisher (The Baldy Man).

The 1949 version had James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford. I'm just an old git though, enjoying watching those old names. I kept expecting to see John Laurie in it, but he wasn't.

 

2 hours ago, sukhumvitneon said:

Leo is about the only beer I wouldn't even drink for free.

Yes and you could be shot for looting and all over that nasty stuff.

So the clean up was quick and efficient. They probably couldn't sell the beer

anyway and the company would be insured, so no harm no foul. Good job

by the volunteer cleaning crew.

3 hours ago, sukhumvitneon said:

Leo is about the only beer I wouldn't even drink for free.

Never tried xxxx then

The beer will be no good for sale as it would be well shaken up after coming off a truck.  Would explode in your face on opening !!  As the scroungers will have found out today !!

Under the Law of Salvage, they are pretty much entitled to tip a few cans while they're helping pick up the mess. 

Granted, if they were loading up their pickups and driving away, yeah, that looting.  But calling the people tipping a few while they help clean up the mess is rather petty.
And the cargo for the most part would not be fit to be sold after hitting the cement although I'm quite sure the attempt will be made. 

Seen a similar accident in the UK many years ago on the M6.  However the Police were quickly on the scene to prevent looters.  The load wasn't beer though, it was cans of baked beans.  

13 minutes ago, eliotness said:

Seen a similar accident in the UK many years ago on the M6.  However the Police were quickly on the scene to prevent looters.  The load wasn't beer though, it was cans of baked beans.  

Dangerous gas restrictions would have been in place.

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The art of grab and run was learned at weddings. 

Happened years ago on the road to the Clinton Creek mine. Driver slid into the ditch. Walked into town to get a dozer to come pull the tractor trailer out. When he arrived back, all that was left in the 45 foot van was the gin.

20 hours ago, sukhumvitneon said:

Leo is about the only beer I wouldn't even drink for free.

if you try Iranian Shams that will change your mind

On 5/25/2018 at 7:37 AM, holy cow cm said:

He lost control going uphill? Does a cell phone have any connection to this?

It looks to me that he was going down hill, I can't tell from either photo whether he was

on the phone or not.

2 hours ago, shy coconut said:

It looks to me that he was going down hill, I can't tell from either photo whether he was

on the phone or not.

Yes I was wrong at first glance and post. Tough getting older as the eyes become less focused. 

On 5/25/2018 at 10:57 AM, Thaiwrath said:

Probably never experienced precipitation whilst driving before ! ?

Another (not) competent driver on the Thai roads.

Thank god incompetent drivers exist in thailand and no where else in the world.

You are clearly an expert in such matters