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Grandfather, granddaughter crushed to death by truck

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A 18-wheeler trailer truck crushed a man and his granddaughter to death at an intersection in Chon Buri's Sri Racha district on Thursday evening.
 

The truck driver, Samai Hokechaona, 57, was arrested and charged with reckless driving causing deaths.

 

Police say his truck ran over a motorcycle ridden by Bamrung Ruennarong, 69, killing him and his granddaughter, Benjamaporn Muansakhon, 4.

The traffic lights had just turned green and the motorcycle was crossing the intersection when the truck crashed into it.

 

The truck driver is reported to have said he did not see the motorcycle, that he heard a sound and then saw that by-standers were looking at him so he stopped, checked and found that two people had died.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355382

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-09-28

[bannork]

My daughter lived just outside Sri Radha last year. Nothing but trucks with containers hurtling along, to and from Laem Chabang port.

I didn't feel safe in a pickup, never mind a motorbike.

 

 

 

[marko kok prong]

Does not say who ran the red light ,lights had turned green for who,i guess it must have been the bike as it takes a while to get a truck up to speed,no doubt he was barreling along and ran the red,where i live a 4 way intersection about 1 km up road,everyone very cautios as they cross have been many deaths there.

[Tailwagsdog]

Look both ways before entering an intersection, a basic defensive driving skill that saved my life once. Poor little girl she never had a chance.

[Rimmer]

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[balo]

Nothing new here. Will the truck driver get punished ? That would be news.

RIP to the victims.

[Ulic]

In Thailand, the green light may mean you have the right of way but you always 

have to check the intersection to the right for the traffic, flashing their lights letting

you know that they are not going to bother stopping for their red light. RIP and

condolences to the family. 

[Rimmer]

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[mikebell]

Red light runners can be easily identified by cameras; then a visit from expensive police enforcers should teach a valuable lesson..... + vehicle confiscation/crush.

[toofarnorth]

The truck driver said he did not see the motorcycle , not much chance of him seeing a red traffic light then .

[gk10002000]

On 9/28/2018 at 3:01 AM, marko kok prong said:

Does not say who ran the red light ,lights had turned green for who,i guess it must have been the bike as it takes a while to get a truck up to speed,no doubt he was barreling along and ran the red,where i live a 4 way intersection about 1 km up road,everyone very cautios as they cross have been many deaths there.

Yeah.  Sounds like the bike timed things so they went through the intersection at speed just as the light turned green.  Nothing particularly wrong with that, except it assumes the cross traffic stops.