Ice in the Songkran water: Mum goes to cops in Lampang as son needs 38 stitches

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Ice in the Songkran water: Mum goes to cops in Lampang as son needs 38 stitches

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A mother in Lampang in Thailand's north went to report to police after her ten year old son needed 38 stitches in a head wound.

 

He was the victim of someone on the back of a pick-up that threw water at him containing a large lump of ice.

 

Thanicha Khlaikaew, 28, told Pol Capt Sayan Maneekaew that her son was playing by the side of the Tha Khrao Noi road at 1pm on Saturday when he was hit by the ice in the water. 

 

It was thrown by a man in a striped shirt on a bronze color Vigo pick-up. 

 

The vehicle sped off as people tried to stop it. 

 

The boy's grandmother Bunreuang Khlaikaew, 64, said it was terrible. The lump of ice had spikes like a durian and caused a total of seven wounds to her grandson's head. 

 

He needed 38 stitches and the cost at the hospital was 7,000 baht. 

 

Thaivisa notes that stories in the Thai media before Songkran suggested that people could go to jail for such illegal behavior. 

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-04-15

[Myran]

Time to start charge everyone who escapes scenes of accidents with attempted murder.

[ThaiPauly]

Such a thoughtless act.

 

People should spend a few months in jail for actions like this, and unfortunately they not uncommon. It's just that most don't result in such ghastly results

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It was thrown by a man in a striped shirt on a bronze color Vigo pick-up. 

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[Hank Gunn]

Ahh yes, but those of us who prefer not to partake in this “playful fun” are deemed killjoys by many on this forum. (Note that this incident involved Thais and not “stupid farangs”.)

[Jazz5555]

Hope he heals quickly ???? 

[RJRS1301]

I hope the lad heals well, and that the family were able to afford the hospital costs.

 

[Vacuum]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He needed 38 stitches and the cost at the hospital was 7,000 baht. 

The perpetrator, if caught, should be severely punished.  Why did they have to pay more than 30 baht for the treatment?

[colinneil]

Why would anybody sink so low as throw lumps of ice in water?

How he is caught and dealt with severely, and not just the usual 500 baht fine.

If the hospital bill was 7ooo baht he must have been taken to a private hospital.

[dreaming]

More than likely it was an accident. When the ice melts and gets small it easy to scoop up some ice accidently with the water

[KC 71]

I am sure it wasn’t intentional


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[metisdead]

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[Puchaiyank]

Incidents like this change the mood of the celebration...stealing or subduing the normal unbridled joy...simpleton moronic dumblast!...????

[newatthis]

2 hours ago, KC 71 said:

I am sure it wasn’t intentional


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But his not taking responsibility for the injury was intentional.

[edwinchester]

3 hours ago, dreaming said:

More than likely it was an accident. When the ice melts and gets small it easy to scoop up some ice accidently with the water

I wonder how many small ice cubes it takes to inflict a wound so serious it needs 38 stitches?

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, dreaming said:

More than likely it was an accident. When the ice melts and gets small it easy to scoop up some ice accidently with the water

Yeah small particles of melted ice would cause wounds needing 38 stitches!!

Are you in the real world !

 

[cardinalblue]

Thailand is known to have hard water....

[TheHangingJudge]

Thaivisa notes the Thai media as suggesting a jail term be handed down for this offense.

It is surly the place of the police to warn perpetrators of arrests and as in this case a charge of grevios bodily harm be implemented.

[WeekendRaider]

here’s a new safety idea!

 

helmets should be required for riding in the back of pickups... not just motosykes.

Edited April 16, 2019 by WeekendRaider

[Burma Bill]

Slam him in the "cooler"!!

[Vacuum]

19 hours ago, edwinchester said:

I wonder how many small ice cubes it takes to inflict a wound so serious it needs 38 stitches?

What you don't understand is that it wasn't caused by "small ice cubes", but large chunks of ice. The victim was very lucky it didn't hit his eye.

[canuckamuck]

My daughter's eyes were burning last night after being doused in many buckets of water on the way home from town. Somebody put something nasty in the water. 

Thing is, you never know where that water is coming from either.  Antibiotic drops in her eyes last night and she seems fine today.

[steven100]

1 minute ago, canuckamuck said:

My daughter's eyes were burning last night after being doused in many buckets of water on the way home from town. Somebody put something nasty in the water. 

Thing is, you never know where that water is coming from either.  Antibiotic drops in her eyes last night and she seems fine today.

water quality is not priority ......  but, your correct, you don't know where it comes from.

[Vacuum]

17 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

My daughter's eyes were burning last night after being doused in many buckets of water on the way home from town.

A learning lesson for next year event? Hope she'll be ok, eye infections are very widespread in Thailand.

[edwinchester]

5 hours ago, Vacuum said:

What you don't understand is that it wasn't caused by "small ice cubes", but large chunks of ice. The victim was very lucky it didn't hit his eye.

You didn't bother to read the post I was responding to did you? Copied below so read it and you will understand better.

 

"More than likely it was an accident. When the ice melts and gets small it easy to scoop up some ice accidently with the water"

[metisdead]

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[essox essox]

On 4/15/2019 at 1:00 PM, Myran said:

Time to start charge everyone who escapes scenes of accidents with attempted murder.

just how are they going to be caught....it is an impossibility...

[RJRS1301]

On 4/16/2019 at 5:40 PM, steven100 said:

water quality is not priority ......  but, your correct, you don't know where it comes from.

Or what may have been added to it to deliberately cause harm

[Myran]

3 hours ago, essox essox said:

just how are they going to be caught....it is an impossibility...

Weirdest comment I've read this week. People get caught all the time after they've escaped from crimes and accidents. There are cameras everywhere and often witnesses to identify the perpetrators.