Bangkok Bus Runs Over, Kills Passenger

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Bangkok Bus Runs Over, Kills Passenger

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

A bus No.44 at the scene of a Monday incident in which a 77-year-old woman was killed on Lat Phrao road, Bangkok. Photo: Ruamkatanyu Foundation

 

BANGKOK — Police on Tuesday were looking for the driver of a bus that ran over and killed an elderly female passenger last night in the capital.

 

The victim, who was struck by a No. 44 bus at about 7:30pm on Lat Phrao road in Wang Thonglang district, died at the scene following the incident. Police said they charged 22-year-old driver Jatupol Imsook, who quickly fled, with fatal reckless driving.

 

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[Chang_paarp]

RIP the elderly lady.

 

Not a sustainable business model for the bus company.

[Wallander4]

Fleeing the scene - a national sport here ...

 

22 years old, probably not even trained to drive big bus but who cares

[rwill]

If what the bus conductor said is true it is not the bus drivers fault.  Running away is bad though.

[saminoz]

Another example of a fine Thai male, ran away like a pussy!

D1ckless wonder

[robblok]

5 minutes ago, rwill said:

If what the bus conductor said is true it is not the bus drivers fault.  Running away is bad though.

How is it not the bus driver his fault, he should have waited for all passengers to safely exit the buss before driving off. You see this quite often busses driving away before people are safely away from the bus.

[steve187]

16 minutes ago, Wallander4 said:

Fleeing the scene - a national sport here ...

 

22 years old, probably not even trained to drive big bus but who cares

i was driving a double deck rm and rt buses through the west end of London at 22

[mok199]

Wonder if the bus came to a complete and safe stop ???  Running away to avoid the drug test mabey??...this was totally avoidable,but we all know how any drivers roll in Thailand rush rush rush...

[Nyezhov]

33 minutes ago, saminoz said:

Another example of a fine Thai male, ran away like a pussy!

D1ckless wonder

Would you walk up to a Thai male and call him that to his face? ????

[manicmike68]

This is the reason why these buses should stop and remain stopped until everybody is clear of the bus but they never do it. Many of them start moving before people have actually gotten completely off.

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, rwill said:

If what the bus conductor said is true it is not the bus drivers fault.  Running away is bad though.

 

The bus was pulling away as the elderly lady was getting off, a common practice here. I have no idea why almost all Thais are in a tearing hurry once they get behind a wheel.

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, robblok said:

How is it not the bus driver his fault, he should have waited for all passengers to safely exit the buss before driving off. You see this quite often busses driving away before people are safely away from the bus.

Not only that they do not stop on the kerb but rather halfway out in the street and then when exiting you are required to navigate safely to the pavement between speeding motorbikes running up the inside of the bus. 

[wotsdermatter]

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

i was driving a double deck rm and rt buses through the west end of London at 22

However, you underwent the full training which includes emergency braking on a skidpan driving a double-decker.  Thais get virtually no training except being told to sit there, drive the bus, stop and start as appropriate, run like h*** if you get involved in a collision or hit somebody and if you cannot run tell everybody your brakes failed.  Five minutes max.

 

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[marko kok prong]

where was he found,hiding under his bed at his Mum's,?seems the usual place,the Police will never look here he must have thought.

[robblok]

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

Not only that they do not stop on the kerb but rather halfway out in the street and then when exiting you are required to navigate safely to the pavement between speeding motorbikes running up the inside of the bus. 

Dont I know it, i hate it when I am behind a bus on my motorbike or car.. they block the whole road when they stop.

[saminoz]

3 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Would you walk up to a Thai male and call him that to his face? ????

Yes. 

Of course, he'd have to bring along a dozen of his mates to be truly Thai.

Your point was?

[Vacuum]

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

The bus was pulling away as the elderly lady was getting off, a common practice here. I have no idea why almost all Thais are in a tearing hurry once they get behind a wheel.

In the case of bus drivers, many times it's because the want to get first to the next bus-stop.

[Vacuum]

5 hours ago, robblok said:

How is it not the bus driver his fault, he should have waited for all passengers to safely exit the buss before driving off.

In this case he did just that.

 

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Prajan Prompak, the bus conductor, said the 77-year-old victim was getting off the bus at Soi Lat Phrao 66 when she lost her balance, fell from the sidewalk and under the bus that was pulling out at the same moment.

 

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Would you walk up to a Thai male and call him that to his face? ????

As long as there are no other Thai males around.????

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

The bus was pulling away as the elderly lady was getting off, a common practice here. I have no idea why almost all Thais are in a tearing hurry once they get behind a wheel.

There are sometimes just as many Thai drivers who drive too slow, and are just as big a danger as those who drive too fast, particularly hogging outside lanes.

[Nyezhov]

2 hours ago, saminoz said:

Yes. 

Of course, he'd have to bring along a dozen of his mates to be truly Thai.

Your point was?

 

20 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

As long as there are no other Thai males around.????

I see. Well Im gratified to know that there are guys here who are confident that they can walk up to any solitary Thai guy and spit in his face and not get their butts kicked. I was getting worried about the West ????

 

Id like to see it though. I can film it for everyones edification ????

[NoshowJones]

15 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

 

I see. Well Im gratified to know that there are guys here who are confident that they can walk up to any solitary Thai guy and spit in his face and not get their butts kicked. I was getting worried about the West ????

 

Id like to see it though. I can film it for everyones edification ????

Although I have never had any experience of it, I do understand that it is rare for Thai males to fight one on one, they always seem to require back up.

[berybert]

5 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Would you walk up to a Thai male and call him that to his face? ????

Any Thai male or just one who was running away after killing an old lady ?

[Nyezhov]

11 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Although I have never had any experience of it, I do understand that it is rare for Thai males to fight one on one, they always seem to require back up.

You wanna be the one to test?

 

7 minutes ago, berybert said:

Any Thai male or just one who was running away after killing an old lady ?

Come clean off my laptop, thanks a lot...????????????????????

[robblok]

1 hour ago, Vacuum said:

In this case he did just that.

 

 

Then i have misread what happened thanks for correcting my error.

[Briggsy]

The 44 is a private psycho operation under concession from BMTA. They drive like nutters, many of them, and work all the hours to maximise income. The drivers are on drugs and drive the bus in a jumpy, jerky manner. The moment they approach a bus stop, you can sense the impatience off them. If they can offload any passengers without coming to a complete stop, they will attempt to do that.

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

There are sometimes just as many Thai drivers who drive too slow, and are just as big a danger as those who drive too fast, particularly hogging outside lanes.

They're the ones who are drunk, don't know how to drive, or both. Easy to spot if the police wanted to look, which they don't.

[300sd]

Pretty common for most commercial bus drivers to make sure it is safe to leave the stop or curb after dropping off passengers....."clear your mirrors". (you can see them walk away!) Obviously this idiot hasn't heard about that safety procedure! Or could care less.

 

 

[Aussieroaming]

On 12/26/2018 at 9:13 AM, saminoz said:

Another example of a fine Thai male, ran away like a pussy!

D1ckless wonder

Well his name is Im a sook