Teacher charged in fatal Chon Buri accident

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A teacher has been charged after his car hit a motorcycle, killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring two other teenagers, on Wednesday night.
 

Adisorn Chiewchuanpatibat, 43, was arrested and charged with reckless driving causing death and injuries, police said.

 

The accident happened on the Nikhom-Koh Pho road in Tambon Na Rirk in Chon Buri's Panas Nikhom district at 6pm.

 

Police said Supakorn Luang-on, 15, died of broken neck and limbs. She was a pillion rider of a motorcycle driven by Yannaphat Dokmaipeng, 15, who was injured along with another pillion rider, Kanthamanee Srimala, 14.

 

Adisorn claimed that he was driving home and the motorcycle with the three teenagers cut in front of him and he was unable to stop in time.

 

He waited for police at the scene after the accident.

 

The two injured teenagers were taken to Panas Nikhom Hospital.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30358596

 

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11 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Adisorn claimed that he was driving home and the motorcycle with the three teenagers cut in front of him and he was unable to stop in time.

Looking at the extent of the damage to his car, that may be because he was travelling way too quickly.

Having said that, I thought three on a bike was illegal, and would offer long odds, the driver wasn't licensed and not one of them had a helmet.

RIP to Supakorn.

49 minutes ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Looking at the extent of the damage to his car, that may be because he was travelling way too quickly.

Having said that, I thought three on a bike was illegal, and would offer long odds, the driver wasn't licensed and not one of them had a helmet.

RIP to Supakorn.

Not just three on the bike but under age as well and therefore no license so if they weren't allowed by the parents to be on the bike the accident would never have happened the same as if a farang wasn't here the accident wouldn't have happened .

Road Safety Education needs to begin at school.

16 minutes ago, simtemple said:

Road Safety Education needs to begin at school.

kindercarten!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe they cut in front of him, its been done to me by school kids but the kids in my incident didn't see the car overtaking me at 90 klm his car went sideways to miss them, I couldn't believe how the driver got around them without not killing them

I am not saying the driver was not to blame, as I was not there, but I will say I get tired of the antics of kids on bikes here. Nearly every day I witness erratic riding, pulling out from side road without looking, undertaking me when I am already signalling and turning left. All the wife says is.......they are bikes.........Sadly, I do not think it will ever get better, at least in my lifetime.

R.I.P. to the girl, another tragic waste of life, speedy recovery to the injured who I am certain will not learn from this.

8 hours ago, simtemple said:

Road Safety Education needs to begin at school.

All education and I mean all should start in the home full stop.....but it will never happen unfortunately.....another waste of life on Thai roads......nothing new sadly.....will they learn from it no

9 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Looking at the extent of the damage to his car, that may be because he was travelling way too quickly.

Having said that, I thought three on a bike was illegal, and would offer long odds, the driver wasn't licensed and not one of them had a helmet.

RIP to Supakorn.

it's a toss of a coin. There all guilty 

Interesting how the kids weren't even meant to be on the road.  This country is full of hypocrisies. They, the Police and Parents allow their children to ride on the roads, without a license, no protection and 3 or 4 on the one bike.  When something goes wrong, and it always does, the driver is to blame.  Grow up Thailand, if you actually loved your Children you would protect them but you do NOT. RIP to the kid who passed away.

11 hours ago, keith101 said:

Not just three on the bike but under age as well and therefore no license so if they weren't allowed by the parents to be on the bike the accident would never have happened the same as if a farang wasn't here the accident wouldn't have happened .

Where was the farang mentioned or involved in this incident?

1 hour ago, shy coconut said:

Where was the farang mentioned or involved in this incident?

He probably thinks teacher = farang by default and didn't pay attention to the name

Speed kills; no amount of traffic hold-ups/stickups by the police is going to change this mindset.  Daily I am infuriated by the number of speedsters who endanger my life and everyone else's in the vicinity by their recklessness.  Nothing will change until the police get proactive instead of waiting for lawbreakers to come to them.

And this is why Thailand will always be a third world country,

10 hours ago, shy coconut said:

Where was the farang mentioned or involved in this incident?

Just wait, they'll find him.

11 hours ago, shy coconut said:

Where was the farang mentioned or involved in this incident?

I believe Keith may be using a generalisation whereby a portion of blame is automatically given to any Farang involved in an accident due to the fact if he/she did not come here then there would be no accident. Same in Saudi Arabia when I was there, Automatically 50 % blame on you for going to the country. ( then, when it was discovered that the Arab had no insurance it was 100% your fault, as that was the only way you, and he, could get your vehicle repaired or replaced..)..

wont change at all, when you see cops outside of schools waving kids into the school all under age, 3 to a bike and no helmets on, there is no hope here, oh i forgot and no rear number plate, lol

I saw 3 very young boys on a bike yesterday in school uniforms . They looked like 13-14 year old to me.   No helmets of course. 

 

 

They could take the bikes off them. Get Mum and Dad to come and pay the fine. 

The problem is not the kids etc. Kids and Adults will do anything unless there is a " Uniformed group of people in the country who have sworn to uphold the law and keep everybody safe "

who are prepared to actually do some " prevention " work instead of waiting for accidents to happen before they appear from their snooze - fest.

Edited November 16, 20187 yr by NE1

8 hours ago, mercman24 said:

wont change at all, when you see cops outside of schools waving kids into the school all under age, 3 to a bike and no helmets on, there is no hope here, oh i forgot and no rear number plate, lol

Apologies if I have mentioned this in the past ( memory.....Not what it used to be )....Driving past a big Thai school in Hua Hin a year or so ago...we were stuck in the morning rush. Everywhere around me were schoolchildren, as mercman says, 3 to a bike, obviously underage, no helmets in sight, even the driver of one on a mobile.....Policeman plod directing the traffic........I mentioned it to the all knowing lady beside me and asked why they let this happen.....The reply was a true Thai classic........Oh, he not traffic police, not checkpoint so not his job.......When I mentioned how ridiculous it was I got this as a reply "You no unnerstan Thai people, why Farang always right" ...............Alas I fear there is no hope......

Edited November 16, 20187 yr by AhFarangJa

On 11/16/2018 at 6:13 PM, AhFarangJa said:

Apologies if I have mentioned this in the past ( memory.....Not what it used to be )....Driving past a big Thai school in Hua Hin a year or so ago...we were stuck in the morning rush. Everywhere around me were schoolchildren, as mercman says, 3 to a bike, obviously underage, no helmets in sight, even the driver of one on a mobile.....Policeman plod directing the traffic........I mentioned it to the all knowing lady beside me and asked why they let this happen.....The reply was a true Thai classic........Oh, he not traffic police, not checkpoint so not his job.......When I mentioned how ridiculous it was I got this as a reply "You no unnerstan Thai people, why Farang always right" ...............Alas I fear there is no hope......

 

I have received a slight variation - "It's the Thai way", to which I have responded, "Yes. That's the problem."