Five killed as car hits tree in Sukhothai

[rooster59]

Five killed as car hits tree in Sukhothai

By The Nation

 

A man was killed along with his boyfriend, parents and aunt after his car crashed against a roadside tree in Sukhothai's Si Satchanalai district late on Friday night.

 

Si Satchanalai police were alerted a few minutes after midnight that the accident happened on the Si Satchanalai-Uttaradit road in Ban Huay Sak village in Tambon Pa Ngiew.

 

Saranyu Thanomjit, 25, was found dead behind the wheel by police and rescuers. His boyfriend, Nillakarn Kong-in, 26, was killed in the front passengers' seat.

 

Nillakarn's parents - Jane Kong-in, 56, and Prathoom Kong-in, 48 - and Nillakarns aunt, Sakhon Bamrung, 53, were also killed.

 

Rescuers used iron cutters to free passengers from the back seat and rushed them to the district hospital where they died.

 

Police learned from Nillakarn's relatives that the gay couple drove Nillakarn's parents and aunt from Tambon Dong Khu to join a merit making rite at the house of Saranyu's sister in Tambon Sarajit. They stayed there until late at night before they drove the parents and aunt home.

 

Police suspected the driver dozed off, causing his car to crash into the tree at speed.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30359668

 

 

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[bluesofa]

16 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Police suspected the driver dozed off, causing his car to crash into the tree at speed.

While this is only a supposition, the police continue to say whatever is easiest.

The fact the car hit the tree "at speed" means the driver wasn't paying attention and driving too fast for the conditions. True, he could have "dozed off" as well, in which case he should have had a break.

I doubt very much if his blood will be checked to see if it was possibly drink/drugs related.

 

[sammieuk1]

Hard wood warp speed no belts? five dead lessons learnt none and so it go's on????

[metisdead]

A music video post has been removed. 

[marko kok prong]

wonder if any of them were wearing seat belts,as we don't know the age and make of the car it is not possible to know if the rear passengers had access to belts,most newer vehicles have rear belts,Thai's don't like wearing them i know that,same as crash helmets,why this aversion to safety equipment exists i do not know,not saying belts would have saved them,not saying they were not wearing them,hitting a tree at speed is not good as this proves.

[TKDfella]

Poor bl**dy trees again. Condolences to the families.

[geriatrickid]

Why do we need to know if this man is gay? How is it relevant? The driver and  companion died. The companion's family died. RIP.

[John P Ryke]

good point geriatric kid, i am just guessing but it could be just so the homophobes can celebrate.....their level of empathy for anything is fairly low.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Hard wood warp speed no belts? five dead lessons learnt none and so it go's on????

No lessons to be learnt, so there will be another crash report or more tomorrow !!!

[balo]

Mai pen rai .  

[Tweedle dee]

passed by dozens such as this in my 15 years, and that's why Thai amulets sell like hot cakes here...never the less, sad ending for 5 souls.

[Ks45672]

1 hour ago, geriatrickid said:

Why do we need to know if this man is gay? How is it relevant? The driver and  companion died. The companion's family died. RIP.

Maybe the author is suggesting Gays drive like women? 

[silver sea]

2 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Why do we need to know if this man is gay? How is it relevant? The driver and  companion died. The companion's family died. RIP.

 

Sorry, but on this occasion, you seem to be looking for a problem when there isn’t one. The headline simply says: “Five killed as car hits tree in Sukhothai.” 

 

If the two young people in the front seats had been boyfriend, girlfriend or husband, wife the report would have described them as such. Instead they were two young men in a relationship. Why shouldn’t that be reported in the article? 

 

There was nothing secret about the relationship. The driver seems to have been fully accepted and recognised by his boyfriend’s family.

 

Isn’t that one of the things that gay people want when they talk about equal rights? They want their relationships to be reported in the same way as they would be if they had not been gay?

[Bangkok Barry]

They'd been to make merit. Oh, the irony. No reward for them, then.

[John P Ryke]

3 minutes ago, silver sea said:

 

Sorry, but on this occasion, you seem to be looking for a problem when there isn’t one. The headline simply says: “Five killed as car hits tree in Sukhothai.” 

 

If the two young people in the front seats had been boyfriend, girlfriend or husband, wife the report would have described them as such. Instead they were two young men in a relationship. Why shouldn’t that be reported in the article? 

 

There was nothing secret about the relationship. The driver seems to have been fully accepted and recognised by his boyfriend’s family. Isn’t that one of the things that gay people want when they talk about equal rights? They want their relationships to be reported in the same way as they would be if they had not been gay?

point taken, so you think a couple should be reported as a heterosexual couple...that would be the equivalent as a gay couple....

Police learned from Nillakarn's relatives that the gay couple drove Nillakarn's parents and aunt from Tambon Dong Khu to join a merit making rite at the house of Saranyu's sister in Tambon Sarajit. They stayed there until late at night before they drove the parents and aunt home.

why is the word gay in describing the couple necessary.....is every heterosexual couple going to be described in this manner now.

imagine that was a boyfriend girlfriend in the front seat, the report would then read.....

Police learned from Nillakarn's relatives that the heterosexual  couple drove Nillakarn's parents and aunt from Tambon Dong Khu to join a merit making rite at the house of Saranyu's sister in Tambon Sarajit. They stayed there until late at night before they drove the parents and aunt home.

i don't think so

[silver sea]

4 hours ago, John P Ryke said:

point taken, so you think a couple should be reported as a heterosexual couple...that would be the equivalent as a gay couple....

Police learned from Nillakarn's relatives that the gay couple drove Nillakarn's parents and aunt from Tambon Dong Khu to join a merit making rite at the house of Saranyu's sister in Tambon Sarajit. They stayed there until late at night before they drove the parents and aunt home.

why is the word gay in describing the couple necessary.....is every heterosexual couple going to be described in this manner now.

imagine that was a boyfriend girlfriend in the front seat, the report would then read.....

Police learned from Nillakarn's relatives that the heterosexual  couple drove Nillakarn's parents and aunt from Tambon Dong Khu to join a merit making rite at the house of Saranyu's sister in Tambon Sarajit. They stayed there until late at night before they drove the parents and aunt home.

i don't think so

 

 

Hello Mr Ryke. Thank you for reading my comment and for taking the trouble to post a long reply.

 

The words ‘gay couple’ are used because that’s what they are: a gay couple. 

 

As of 2018, the word ‘couple’ implies a heterosexual relationship. If they had been boyfriend, girlfriend, then adding the word ‘hetrosexual’ would have been superfluous. 

 

But the English language is very flexible. Over the coming years and decades, it may well be that the word ‘couple’ will become more inclusive and will come to embrace the whole spectrum of human sexuality. 

 

Indeed, word meanings do change and broaden. 

 

When I was at school, a long time ago, we had words like ‘authoress’, ‘poetess’, and ‘manageress’. These are now redundant words; the masculine form is always used instead.

 

Today, the word ‘actress’ implies a young ‘airhead’, who is always happy to take her clothes off in front of the camera. Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench today are all actors: 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls004660971/

 

It’s the same with word ‘heroine’. These days, it implies a woman who needs a man in her life to get out of trouble. Remember the old silent movies where the Dick Dastardly type character ties the poor helpless girlie, who had swooned when he kidnapped her, to a railway line. And then along comes the handsome hero, a George Clooney lookalike, in the nick of time to save her.

 

These days, young women want Lara Croft type characters who are not afraid to kick men’s a**es. 

 

Mariah Carey led the way back in 1993 when she co-wrote the song ‘Hero’.

 

 

 

 

So, be patient. I am sure given enough time the word ‘couple’ will broaden its meaning and become more inclusive. It would be nice if that were to happen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

18 minutes ago, silver sea said:

 

 

Hello Mr Ryke. Thank you for reading my comment and for taking the trouble to post a long reply.

 

The words ‘gay couple’ are used because that’s what they are: a gay couple. 

 

As of 2018, the word ‘couple’ implies a heterosexual relationship. If they had been boyfriend, girlfriend, then adding the word ‘hetrosexual’ would have been superfluous. 

 

But the English language is very flexible. Over the coming years and decades, it may well be that the word ‘couple’ will become more inclusive and will come to embrace the whole spectrum of human sexuality. 

 

Indeed, word meanings do change and broaden. 

 

When I was at school, a long time ago, we had words like ‘authoress’, ‘poetess’, and ‘manageress’. These are now redundant words; the masculine form is always used instead.

 

Today, the word ‘actress’ implies a young ‘airhead’, who is always happy to take her clothes off in front of the camera. Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench today are all actors: 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls004660971/

 

It’s the same with word ‘heroine’. These days, it implies a woman who needs a man in her life to get out of trouble. Remember the old silent movies where the Dick Dastardly type character ties the poor helpless girlie, who had swooned when he kidnapped her, to a railway line. And then along comes the handsome hero, a George Clooney lookalike, in the nick of time to save her.

 

These days, young women want Lara Croft type characters who are not afraid to kick men’s a**es. 

 

Mariah Carey led the way back in 1993 when she co-wrote the song ‘Hero’.

 

 

 

 

So, be patient. I am sure given enough time the word ‘couple’ will broaden its meaning and become more inclusive. It would be nice if that were to happen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems completely unnecessary to mention 'gay couple'... its clumsy, almost as if the reporter is subliminally implying something else by adding this little droplet of additional information, perhaps reasoning for the crash... 

 

An intelligent report would have just referred to them as 'the Pair'.... or 'the couple'.... 

 

That said, its hardly anything to get upset or wound up about... its just clumsy reporting and very much par for the course here...

 

 

 

[silver sea]

16 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

It seems completely unnecessary to mention 'gay couple'... its clumsy, almost as if the reporter is subliminally implying something else by adding this little droplet of additional information, perhaps reasoning for the crash... 

 

An intelligent report would have just referred to them as 'the Pair'.... or 'the couple'.... 

 

That said, its hardly anything to get upset or wound up about... its just clumsy reporting and very much par for the course here...

 

 

 

 

Hello Mr Smith,

 

Thanks for your comments on my post.

 

The opening sentence of paragraph 1 begins: ‘A man was killed along with his boyfriend, parents and aunt...’ So how can the use of the words ‘gay couple’ in paragraph 6 of a 7 paragraph report be ‘additional information’? 

 

How can the use of ‘gay couple’ be subliminally implying ‘reasoning for the crash’? I don’t understand what you mean; you will have to explain that one. They were with the front seat passenger’s parents and aunt.

 

It sounds like it had been a happy family occasion with plenty of liquid refreshment. Sadly, the driver was probably too drunk to control the car properly on the way home.

 

The news report seems fair to me, but as you say ‘it’s hardly anything to get upset or wound up about.’