Driver missing as lorry fuel leak raises explosion fears

By The Nation

 

Petrol and LPG from a lorry’s fuel tanks was dangerously leaking on Sunday after it overturned on a road in Chon Buri’s Muang district, leading officials to fear an explosion would occur at the scene.

 

Officials managed to remove the vehicle’s battery and averted an explosion. 

There were no casualties.

 

Police said they could not find the driver at the scene. 

 

“He might have fallen asleep behind the wheel and caused the accident. So, he fled,” a policeman inspecting the scene of the accident speculated. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30346883

 

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37 minutes ago, webfact said:

Petrol and LPG from a lorry’s fuel tanks

A dual-fuel lorry?  Twice the chance of an inferno - no wonder the driver fled.

Driver doing a runner from an accident, that's most unusual. 

 Should be 10  years mandatory jail for any driver or rider doing a runner from an accident.

Edited June 4, 20188 yr by stanleycoin

Driver did a runner, he was probably pi++ed or high, gone into hiding until whatever he was taking has cleared his system. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He might have fallen asleep behind the wheel and caused the accident.

 

His natural instincts to avoid responsibility kicked in.

Authorities should add a physical fitness qualifier to the commercial drivers licensing process.

Any applicant who can run more than 100 meters, or can run faster than the average Thai policeman should not be licensed.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Juan B Tong said:

Authorities should add a physical fitness qualifier to the commercial drivers licensing process.

Any applicant who can run more than 100 meters, or can run faster than the average Thai policeman should not be licensed.

 

 

So we are talking about a crawl umm

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Officials managed to remove the vehicle’s battery and averted an explosion. 

Disconnecting the wrong battery terminal first can cause a spark, so either they had someone that knew what they were doing, or were just lucky.

Surely, the correct procedure would have been to get the fire brigade to foam the vehicle before getting close enough to die if it went wrong?

An off topic troll post has been removed

Obviously the distance the driver felt was safe differs from most... like the next province!

13 hours ago, mikebell said:

A dual-fuel lorry?  Twice the chance of an inferno - no wonder the driver fled.

I thought that was quite common???

17 minutes ago, wirat69 said:

I thought that was quite common???

fleeing the scene of carnage incorrectly described as an accident?

 

very common,

 

some might say too common to be a coincidence

On 6/4/2018 at 1:54 AM, stanleycoin said:

Driver doing a runner from an accident, that's most unusual. 

 Should be 10  years mandatory jail for any driver or rider doing a runner from an accident.

Have not enough jails... ?

17 hours ago, wirat69 said:

I thought that was quite common???

Absolutely.

LPG tanks often refitted.

I don't have much expertise but I remember that LPG cars always need some standard fuel to start up?

 

And remember it's about the fuel tanks not a tank wagon.

Edited June 5, 20188 yr by KhunBENQ

2 hours ago, Basil B said:

Have not enough jails... ?

Build more, using the prisoners to build them.

Chain gang style. also put a giant tread mill on the side,

hooked up to the electric grid, 4 hours exercise a day on that should 

get the prison running costs down.