Phuket passenger van, ice truck in head-on collision

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

There were no passengers in the van at the tim of the accident/ Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The two drivers involved in a head-on collision between a Phuket passenger van and a six-wheeled truck loaded with five-kilo bags of ice both escaped serious injury early this morning (Oct 14).

 

Police and rescue workers were called to the scene, near Wat Srisoonthorn on Thepkrasattri Rd in Srisoonthorn, Thalang, at 5:30am.

The passenger van had suffered extension damage to its front in the impact, while many five-kilo bags lay scattered across the road.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-passenger-van-ice-truck-in-head-on-collision-68982.php#2XZvTk2SixKzzC5x.99 

 

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And pray tell who was in the wrong lane ?

27 minutes ago, meinphuket said:

And pray tell who was in the wrong lane ?

Knowing Thailand, probably both driving down the middle !

I thought it a little strange the damage was on the left side of the van, then I read this in the link:

 

* Correction: The van struck the back of the truck. It was not a head-on collision. The error is regretted.
 

One less minibus on the road , I wonder how old it was , brand new ones don't end up like this surely.

This is the third case of a minibus running into a truck in the past couple of weeks. The ice truck would be dropping off ice. I guess these drivers are tired or on the mobile phone not paying attention ahead.

 

Correction - just read that the ice truck was not stopped but driving along the center lane when struck. 

There are no such things as lanes in Thailand... drivers use all the tarmac/concrete from curbside to curbside as one road... direction is optional !!