Woman injured as 4-tonne steel pipe falls on car

By The Nation

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Two women narrowly escaped death when a steel pipe weighing four tonnes fell onto the bonnet of their car while they were trapped in traffic on Wednesday evening.

 

The accident happened at 5.30pm on the Bang Khun Non local road heading to Charansanitwong Road in Bangkok’s Bangkok Noi district.

 

Panadda Akkaradamrongdej, 35, was injured when the weight of the pipe, measuring 15 metres in length and with an 80-cm diameter, caused the front passenger seat airbag to deploy. She was rushed to the Thonburi 1 Hospital.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Her friend, the driver, Natthaija Chanthanakhiri, 33, told police that she saw the tube swaying before falling but she could not move her car to avoid it because there were vehicles both in front and behind.

 

The pipe was being used for piling work at the construction site.

 

Had it fallen on the roof, both women could have been killed, police said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30351794

 

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5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Had it fallen on the roof, both women could have been killed, police said.

I wonder how long was spent at police training school to figure that out.

Edited August 9, 20187 yr by Wiggy

Very scary... in addition to the daily safety risks in Thailand we are exposed to but ultimately manage it is the catastrophic incidents such as this which frighten me most. A lack of accountability appears to be the route cause in so many of these extreme events.

It could be argued ‘bad luck’ or ‘luck of the draw’ etc...  but carelessness plays a major factor and there is no accountability for so many careless actions and abhorrent lack attention to basic safety...

Someone is directly to blame for not doing their job properly and nearly killing two women. It is likely this person is still doing his job today without any accountability or implementation of measures to prevent similar reoccurrence.

You know after years of observation, I believe the Thais like this kind of thing.

 

They deliberately create these situations and it serves as a form of cheap entertainment.   

 

and it reinforces their religious beliefs.

24 minutes ago, webfact said:

told police that she saw the tube swaying before falling

One might think " RUN " !

When on the roads you normally  have to look right,left,back and front,

for people trying to kill you,now from above,they were very lucky .

regards worgeordie

After many years of living in Vietnam, now Thailand, I have observed that much of the behaviour is governed by lack of education, a reluctance to spend money on work safety - viz : having traffic cones out, and traffic management people in place, while a huge object is craned over a road, means additional money.

Moreover, its about FATE. The Viets and the Thais are superstitious to the extent that they don't consider wearing a crash helmet on a motorcycle to make any difference in their safety - it's all about fate - hence so much praying to the gods, and the wearing of amulets and other lucky charms.

1 hour ago, Robert Ian said:

After many years of living in Vietnam, now Thailand, I have observed that much of the behaviour is governed by lack of education, a reluctance to spend money on work safety - viz : having traffic cones out, and traffic management people in place, while a huge object is craned over a road, means additional money.

Moreover, its about FATE. The Viets and the Thais are superstitious to the extent that they don't consider wearing a crash helmet on a motorcycle to make any difference in their safety - it's all about fate - hence so much praying to the gods, and the wearing of amulets and other lucky charms.

When you see drivers placing branches behind their vehicles to indicate to others that it broke down then I don't think there is much else to discuss about, it's just hopeless. ?

2 hours ago, BEVUP said:

One might think " RUN " !

How utterly rediculous to consider running. Do you realise how hard it is to run and play on your iphone at the same time. 

And what will happen to the morons responsible? Ah, TiT. So zilch. 

1 hour ago, Aussieroaming said:

How utterly rediculous to consider running. Do you realise how hard it is to run and play on your iphone at the same time. 

Also if they run they would have gotten all hot and sweaty...not to mention burnt to a crisp by the fierce UV ray exposure...the whitening cream would have cost more than a new car.

2 hours ago, kotsak said:

When you see drivers placing branches behind their vehicles to indicate to others that it broke down then I don't think there is much else to discuss about, it's just hopeless. ?

Been involved in quite a few construction operations but have not seen many casings this large. Must be preparing for a very tall shopping mall.

 

2 hours ago, kotsak said:

When you see drivers placing branches behind their vehicles to indicate to others that it broke down then I don't think there is much else to discuss about, it's just hopeless. ?

Yes, there were tree fellers who drove straight past them.

 

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

When on the roads you normally  have to look right,left,back and front,

for people trying to kill you,now from above,they were very lucky .

regards worgeordie

..she was being reminded she didnt subscribe to YouTube.

7 hours ago, Wiggy said:

I wonder how long was spent at police training school to figure that out.

They will probably be getting another medal for that !

A few years ago they were widening the Eastbound Highway 12 from Phitsanulok.

 

During the construction phase, the widened part / newly constructed parts of the road would just 'end' with a 1m drop onto the dirt road foundation. 

 

Each morning there would be a news section of vehicles crashed on this road, most of them simply drove off the edge of the road down the 1m drop - the areas where the road terminated were not marked with lights at night, just a branch or in others areas of construction a red and white painted piece of wood.

 

The take away here is to never drive through rural highways at night. 

 

5 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

And what will happen to the morons responsible? Ah, TiT. So zilch. 

Well it was a new Benz so this accident has the highest chance to be investigated and prosecuted.

 

If the pipe had fallen on top of the Benz for sure they would have been dead now.

 

I hope the Thai will get safety-lessons from the Japanese very soon....

An off topic post and a reply has been removed. 

9 hours ago, worgeordie said:

When on the roads you normally  have to look right,left,back and front,

for people trying to kill you,now from above,they were very lucky .

regards worgeordie

It will be below soon, believe you me

23 hours ago, worgeordie said:

When on the roads you normally  have to look right,left,back and front,

for people trying to kill you,now from above,they were very lucky .

regards worgeordie

I remember an accident a few months ago where a car was drove over a bridge under construction and the driver was pinned in the car by the construction steel .....

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

A few years ago they were widening the Eastbound Highway 12 from Phitsanulok.

 

During the construction phase, the widened part / newly constructed parts of the road would just 'end' with a 1m drop onto the dirt road foundation. 

 

Each morning there would be a news section of vehicles crashed on this road, most of them simply drove off the edge of the road down the 1m drop - the areas where the road terminated were not marked with lights at night, just a branch or in others areas of construction a red and white painted piece of wood.

 

The take away here is to never drive through rural highways at night. 

 

 

Point made !!! 

 

 

 

Not so sure about the veracity of this article.  It states the pipe fell on them whilst they were in traffic yet the pictures indicate that they were not on the highway.  Were they perhaps,  as most Thais do, trying to circumvent the queue by driving where they shouldn't be,  in this case onto part of the construction site ? Of course it doesn't  get away from the contractors failing in their duty of care but there again what contractor does take safety seriously in Thailand ?

39 minutes ago, Esso49 said:

Not so sure about the veracity of this article.  It states the pipe fell on them whilst they were in traffic yet the pictures indicate that they were not on the highway.  Were they perhaps,  as most Thais do, trying to circumvent the queue by driving where they shouldn't be,  in this case onto part of the construction site ? Of course it doesn't  get away from the contractors failing in their duty of care but there again what contractor does take safety seriously in Thailand ?

The event has been captured by a dash cam behind.

There is one single lane very close to the construction site. Might be some bypass around the construction site.

To the left there seems to be an entrance road to some plot.

And no they were not yet on the highway as the article clearly states:

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Bang Khun Non local road heading to Charansanitwong Road

I read that the construction company already agreed to compensation (new car or cash).

If they were on a forbidden path this shouldn't happen?

Pretty expensive as it was a fairly new Merc E350.

 

Still image:

Edited August 10, 20187 yr by KhunBENQ

On Thursday, August 09, 2018 at 1:16 PM, kotsak said:

When you see drivers placing branches behind their vehicles to indicate to others that it broke down then I don't think there is much else to discuss about, it's just hopeless. ?

Good comment , and how often just up the road from the branches do you see a brick or log that was placed behind the wheel of the vehicle to stop it running back , too lazy to get rid of after  ? As for the 4 ton pipe , another case of how long before compensation , I would be expecting to be fully compensated for ....next day. OK maybe not/never over here.