Motorcyclist dead after swerving to avoid turning minivan

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The motorbike slammed into a power pole on Thep Anusorn Rd in Phuket Town early Friday morning (Apr 5). Photo: supplied

 

PHUKET: A man has died after crashing his motorbike into a power pole in Phuket Town early this morning (Apr 5).

 

The accident occurred at about 5:48am on Thep Anusorn Rd.

 

Lt Col Narong Muangduang of Wichit Police arrived at the scene with officers and rescue volunteers where they found the seriously injured body of 26-year-old Kasemsan Samee.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/motorcyclist-dead-after-swerving-to-avoid-turning-minivan-70987.php#7cv1PHXPSDKC72FO.99

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-04-05

Another one to  add to the long list.

What about the minivan driver, did he fled the scene?

This is one of my biggest driving peves...when someone charges out onto the road from a side road ,expecting others( usually scooters that drive in that lane) to vere over or screech to a stop to allow them in...this is how many motorcyclists die .....a sudden vere over to allow someone to turn into the lane .can be deadly...

36 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

What about the minivan driver, did he fled the scene?

 

 Look at the video. Looks to me like the driver walked back, saw mbike guy dead, and phones police.

Almost everyday witness near misses as speeding motorcycles try to avoid the rules of the road...I often remark..."we will look for him on 6 o'clock news"...☠

3 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

 Look at the video. Looks to me like the driver walked back, saw mbike guy dead, and phones police.

I couldn't find the video. 

5 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

 Look at the video. Looks to me like the driver walked back, saw mbike guy dead, and phones police.

Where's the video you saw?

5 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

 Look at the video. Looks to me like the driver walked back, saw mbike guy dead, and phones police.

what video?I cant to see one

30 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

what video?I cant to see one

The video is available on the other Phuket English paper website.  It seems that the motorcyclist is speeding and overtaking the minivan on the inside.  And suddenly the power pole is right in front of him.  Such situation (power pole on the road) can be seen everywhere in Phuket waiting for an accident to happen.  Often when doing road widening and runs out of land.  Just take a drive from Karon to Patong.

So a mini-van pulls out onto the road in front of an approaching motorcyclists. 

 

Motorcyclists has to swerve to avoid the mini-van, impacts a pole, is not wearing a helmet and dies. 

 

Mini-van driver should be charged with reckless driving causing death.

Motorcyclist may have survived with minor injuries if wearing a helmet. 

 

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Not judging here... but when a vehicle looks as if its about to pull out I'm very cautious, covering the brake all the time in traffic in Bangkok. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to brake hard because a car (or more commonly another bike) has cut me off... The driver / rider of the other vehicle then always looks at me as if its my fault !!!!!!  total asshats on the roads.... 

 

 

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its the unpredictability like this i decided i rather

pay 1500 for the bike company to pay tax & insurance

rather then take my chances on sukumvit to dlt

31 minutes ago, Benroon said:

He was actually overtaking the minivan at speed on the inside and smacked the pole - video is on thaiger

Ah.. thats a bit different then. It doesn't diminish my pet-hate of vehicles pulling out in front, but at least BKK traffic is predicable in its unpredictability that the other vehicle may or may not want to be trying to kill me !!!...

 

In this case it appears as though the deceased was the architect of his own tragic demise. 

14 hours ago, Ulic said:

I couldn't find the video.