According to what I heard, it was two young Italians (one of them might have been a dual Thai national) who were on the motorcycle; crushed instantly.  Again, completely avoidable if the tanker just slowed down (and yield the right of way).

 

A local expat said he just passed by that intersection in route to Pak Nam Hospital, there was nothing on that part of the road.   Maybe 20-30 minutes later on the way back, a huge crowd surrounding a flipped over tanker. 

 

 

 

 

 

31 minutes ago, 4evermaat said:

Again, completely avoidable if the tanker just slowed down (and yield the right of way)

you are asking a Thai driver to slow down, yield and give the right of way, 3 things they have to do at once....man,  they have a hard time doing the basic one, imagine 3

Terrible.

On Thai roads the right of way is strongly determined by size and weight.

There is a "class/caste system" where below motorbike/scooters only bicycles, pedestrians and dogs are.

The video is just too short/limited view (also not in real time) to say whether >I< would have anticipated what might happen.

 

What stands out here: it is a fuel tanker for which you would expect a bit more brain equipped drivers.

I am bigger than you, therefore I have the right of way. Rule number one outside ANY civilized country, including Thailand. They should have know better.

topic runs in Thailand news

 

Italian couple crushed to death by oil tanker in southern Thailand

 

An Italian couple were killed after an oil tanker overturned at a junction in Chumphon on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087094-italian-couple-crushed-to-death-by-oil-tanker-in-southern-thailand/

 

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