Elderly cyclist dies, driver charged after out-of-control SUV crashes in Phasi Charoen

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

A brand-new Toyota Fortuner SUV lost control on Kanchanapisek Road in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district on Monday morning, crashing into and instantly killing an elderly cyclist while also damaging seven roadside power poles.

 

Following the accident, which was reported at 7.30am, Pol Captain Supon Tronganthat of the local precinct rushed to the crash scene, close to the Siam Dern Rod Co garage, along with rescue workers. 

 

They found the Fortuner on the roadside, having crashed into a roadside stall near to seven badly damaged power poles. 

 

Nearby was a wrecked bicycle and the body of Wanchai Sodsathungkhan, 67. 

 

The three people on-board the SUV – identified as Jarukit Sutthiwongwanich, Weerawuth Sinkra-art and Sarayuth Sae-eung, all 25 – had been injured and were rushed to Kasemrat Bangkhae Hospital.

 

The accident also caused a severe traffic jam in the area as the damaged power poles had blocked the road, leaving only one far-right lane available for vehicles. 

 

As the vicinity had also suffered a blackout, Metropolitan Electricity Authority workers were dispatched to clear away the damaged poles and put up new ones to restore the electricity supply. 

 

Police later identified Jarukit as the SUV driver and initially charged him with reckless driving causing another person’s death and reckless driving causing the state property damage, Supon said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30352045

 

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Well, this and other headlines like it, makes it abundantly clear that autonomous vehichles are not yet ready for the road... But why charge the driver - shouldn't the manufacturer be charged instead?

Its about time for Thai to put a ban on cars and making use of only trains. Oops i can see it getting worse .

Thailands biggest lottery ....

Edited August 13, 20187 yr by mok199
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when Thai people learn to be respectful in the traffic properly never 

RIP 

A brand-new Toyota Fortuner SUV lost control ....................original, not Toyota's fault.

An idiot driving a  brand-new Toyota Fortuner SUV lost control .......that's better.!

3 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

A brand-new Toyota Fortuner SUV lost control ....................original, not Toyota's fault.

An idiot driving a  brand-new Toyota Fortuner SUV lost control .......that's better.!

No not an idiot,   just an typical incompetent normal male Thai driver.   Wonder if the moron had a license and if he had probably bought it.  Thais killing Thais on the highway,  or anyone else for that matter, tends to be a national pastime.    Unfortunately the killing of innocent cyclists, RIP, is quite common in Thailand.  

The Toyota did not loose control,the driver lost control of said vehicle and caused the accident..Of course here in LOS if he were a "Hi-So" they would bl aim the car (punishment by removing the wheels for 3 months ? Bad Car-Bad Car.) and let the driver go.

 

19 hours ago, underthebridge said:

Well, this and other headlines like it, makes it abundantly clear that autonomous vehichles are not yet ready for the road... But why charge the driver - shouldn't the manufacturer be charged instead?

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What makes you think that this was an autonomous vehicle. With drivers like

this, I have reached the opposite conclusion. Thailand is in dire need of autonomous vehicles. Get useless divers out from behind the wheel of cars and SUVs in Thailand. 

Edited August 14, 20187 yr by Ulic

even on brand new car we see now brake failsures >>>>>>>???

2 hours ago, Ulic said:

 

What makes you think that this was an autonomous vehicle. With drivers like

this, I have reached the opposite conclusion. Thailand is in dire need of autonomous vehicles. Get useless divers out from behind the wheel of cars and SUVs in Thailand. 

???.... autonomous vehicles will require less driving skills on the operators behalf.... encouraging anything that reduces driving skills (and currency/ experience), which are oftentimes dubious at best, doesn’t sound like a great idea to me.

 

however, I 100% agree with the last sentence, but feel proper training and policing of road law ( you know... the way most of the rest of the world manages idiots in vehicles) would be better than putting a clueless operator into a partially automatic vehicle

 

mind you, if the autonomous vehicle comes with governors on all operations, like gps protocols preventing overtaking on winding roads, and incline sensors and wet weather road sensors and optical sensors (facing operator, so the machine knows the operator is awake) and BAC sensors and and and... then... well.... maybe.

Edited August 14, 20187 yr by farcanell

Autonomous vehicles  will not work anywhere in the world as long as there are bad drivers.

  They also have to quit hitting and killing humans even if said human crosses the street not in

a crosswalk area. I do not see this happening in my life time.

19 hours ago, Ulic said:

What makes you think that this was an autonomous vehicle.

Isn't it obvious from the Nation report? If you remove the last paragraph (Police later identified ...) that seems a superfluous afterthought by the illustrious reporter, then its obviously the first ever autonomous Fortuner on Thailand's roads.

Si i think this is normal for every brand new toyota for loose control ,, same a new hilux revo with worse stability! ?

1 hour ago, mehrdad said:

Si i think this is normal for every brand new toyota for loose control ,, same a new hilux revo with worse stability! ?

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