Two killed, 9 injured as Phayao pickup hits a tree

[rooster59]

Two killed, 9 injured as Phayao pickup hits a tree

By The Nation

 

Two people were killed and nine injured when a pickup ran off the road and down a hill in Phayao province on Friday evening.

 

Police said the pickup suffered a brake malfunction and lost control before it down a hillside in Moo 4 village in Tambon Ban Sra in Chiang Muan district at 5:30 pm.

 

The pickup fell about 7 metres down the hill before hitting a tree. The driver and 10 passengers were injured, and two died on their way to Pong district hospital. The injured were later forwarded to Phayao Hospital.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30351442

 

 

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[NanLaew]

49 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

brake malfunction

Always the brakes and never the driver.

[Srikcir]

14 hours ago, rooster59 said:

two died on their way to Pong district hospital

So no official traffic deaths?

[Netease]

Note to Driver the brake is the one in the middle

[gk10002000]

So 11 people in a pickup truck.

[ratcatcher]

4 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

So 11 people in a pickup truck.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Netease said:

Note to Driver the brake is the one in the middle

Ahhhh there's the confusion right there.. automatic has only two to chose from... he still got it wrong!

[Tarteso]

Why not?

[cookieqw]

Lucky they were wearing seatbelts as it could have been a lot worse 

[sceadugenga]

Off topic and posts disrespectful to Thais removed.

[oldlakey]

10 hours ago, cookieqw said:

Lucky they were wearing seatbelts as it could have been a lot worse 

A little respect for life and it could be a lot better 

Some people just wont help themselves, thus so be it

Oh the obvious

Have a nice day

[oldlakey]

14 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Why not?

It would appear the answer they dont seek is right in front of them