Dozing soldier blamed for Surin pileup

By WICHIT CHUNHAKIJKHAJORN 
THE NATION

 

 

No one was injured in a 13-vehicle pileup on Thursday morning in Surin's Prasart district, which police blamed on a soldier falling asleep at the wheel.

 

Lt Col Natthawuth Summat of Prasart police attended the Tambon Kang An's market on the Surin-Prasart Road, where 12 cars and one motorcycle were damaged. 

 

The incident on the first day of the seven-day New Year holiday caused congestion on Highway 24 between Ubon Ratchathani and the Cambodia border at Chong Chom.

 

The police said the accident was caused by a pickup driven by a 24-year-old soldier, Sergeant Wanphot Cheepho, who was returning from Muang Surin and heading to a border base in Phanom Dongrak district. 

 

It was reported that Wanphot fell asleep and crashed into the parked cars and a motorcycle in front of the market.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30361224

 

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Failed brakes and sleeping while driving on par for a grand final challenge, who will win?

Numpty should be shot at dawn

Anyone who wants to sneak across the Thai border from Cambodia should do so when Sergeant Wanphot Cheepho is on watch duty... Zzzzz...

No mention of piss test for alcohol!

I would love to see the statistics of how many Thai drivers fall asleep at the wheel compared to, say, Germany, UK, France. They probably don't keep those figures in other countries because it happens so rarely, but we all know that Thais have the ability to fall asleep anywhere, anytime.

The brakes failed to engage automatically when the driver dozed off. 

11 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Numpty should be shot at dawn

Yes indeed - he is in the right job for this!

15 hours ago, 1337markus said:

Failed brakes and sleeping while driving on par for a grand final challenge, who will win?

While I acknowledge that sleeping is a strong contender, brake failure has a good head start and should see off the plucky challenger.