Bus crashes off the road in Khon Kaen

By The Thaiger

PHOTOS: Pudtayan Banphai Rescue Foundation

 

 

Many passengers have been injured following a bus crash in Khon Kaen, north-east Thailand this morning.

 

The Pudtayan Banphai Rescue Foundation reports that the bus was traveling from Bangkok to Nongkhai in northeast Thailand. The bus, which was full of passengers, hit a tree and a light pole on the road before ending up on its side in the ditch in the middle of the road on Mittraphap Road.

 

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12 minutes ago, webfact said:

The bus, which was full of passengers, hit a tree and a light pole on the road

Good job it didn't hit a heavy pole.

Was the driver on his usual 48 hour-Non Stop, shift ?

This hits close to home and is disturbing. My step daughter was traveling by bus between Udon Thani and Korat through Khon Kaen last night, sure glad it wasn't this one! She has her own car but prefers to leave it here while away working. We, TW and I, often wonder which is the safer and best option after seeing this sort of thing?

The bus, which was full of passengers, hit a tree and a light pole on the road before ending up on its side in the ditch in the middle of the road on Mittraphap Road.

 

So its the bus's fault then, not wet roads or a fleeing driver?

Can The Nation or Bangkok Post or Thaivisa have a special weekly segment of “The Bus Accident of the Week?” - sort of like the overloaded truck picture of the day...

this road should be in question. where is the guard rail? where is the deep ditch? Something wrong here. it says it hit a tree. in the middle of a super highway? The deep ditch on the side of the road is questionable .

1 minute ago, ebean001 said:

this road should be in question. where is the guard rail? where is the deep ditch? Something wrong here. it says it hit a tree. in the middle of a super highway? The deep ditch on the side of the road is questionable .

Mittrapap road where the bus went off has a deep drainage ditch in the middle of the road, and yes there are trees planted in it.

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19 hours ago, bdenner said:

This hits close to home and is disturbing. My step daughter was traveling by bus between Udon Thani and Korat through Khon Kaen last night, sure glad it wasn't this one! She has her own car but prefers to leave it here while away working. We, TW and I, often wonder which is the safer and best option after seeing this sort of thing?

Pray for a breakthrough in teleportation !

41 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Pray for a breakthrough in teleportation !

They'd probably end up on the moon or Jupiter - after narrowly missing a black hole.

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

They'd probably end up on the moon or Jupiter - after narrowly missing a black hole.

If the wheels don't fall off first .. 

20 hours ago, bdenner said:

This hits close to home and is disturbing. My step daughter was traveling by bus between Udon Thani and Korat through Khon Kaen last night, sure glad it wasn't this one! She has her own car but prefers to leave it here while away working. We, TW and I, often wonder which is the safer and best option after seeing this sort of thing?

Much safer.

AGAIN!!!!

3 hours ago, ebean001 said:

this road should be in question. where is the guard rail? where is the deep ditch? Something wrong here. it says it hit a tree. in the middle of a super highway? The deep ditch on the side of the road is questionable .

From the picture it looks like the light pole is poking out from under the bus.

 

The tree fled the scene.

3 hours ago, ebean001 said:

this road should be in question. where is the guard rail? where is the deep ditch? Something wrong here. it says it hit a tree. in the middle of a super highway? The deep ditch on the side of the road is questionable .

Just looking at the picture and without digging too deep, it went off the road, hit a tree and light pole while running into the ditch along the central reservation where the guard rail is.

 

Asleep At The Wheel isn't just a great Texas country music band.

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

Just looking at the picture and without digging too deep, it went off the road, hit a tree and light pole while running into the ditch along the central reservation where the guard rail is.

 

Asleep At The Wheel isn't just a great Texas country music band.

Not only that, I've just noticed they have a song called "It's all your fault". How apt!

 

Funny how Thai people accept all of this ????

On 4/19/2019 at 2:56 PM, webfact said:

The bus, which was full of passengers, hit a tree and a light pole on the road

 

So they put trees and poles on the road now, do they? That could indeed be a danger to traffic.

Unless you are dirt poor, nowadays the flights from BKK, DMK to KKC and Nong Khai are so cheap, there is no contest in terms of safety.

For pilots there are actually international rules around how long they can fly, as opposed to the yaba bus driver jacked up so he can drive non stop for two days

3 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Unless you are dirt poor, nowadays the flights from BKK, DMK to KKC and Nong Khai are so cheap, there is no contest in terms of safety.

For pilots there are actually international rules around how long they can fly, as opposed to the yaba bus driver jacked up so he can drive non stop for two days

For your information, I would guess that possibly 95% + of Thailand bus passengers are Thai nationals, and some of them, as you so crudely suggest, are dirt poor, but like to travel home, now and again, to see their family.

When you take into account that your, so called, cheap flights do not stop en route to Khon Kaen, so anybody living in the likes of Phon, Chonnabot etc., would find it quite expensive for the onward travel from the airport, it makes very economic sense for many Thai nationals to use public transport.

 

On 4/20/2019 at 8:48 AM, Redline said:

Funny how Thai people accept all of this ????

When you are indoctrinated to believe in all sorts of Buddhist hocus pocus plus believing in ghosts then the real world is so far departed from their own minds they have no grasp of reality. So hence these type of accidents are accepted because they come about through no fault of the Thai driver, rather , by someone putting a spell on one of the passengers.

Default bus position has been obtained????

No mention of the bus company, but the blue yellow decals look like the colours of chan tours.

 

I could be mistaken of course.

15 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

When you are indoctrinated to believe in all sorts of Buddhist hocus pocus plus believing in ghosts then the real world is so far departed from their own minds they have no grasp of reality. So hence these type of accidents are accepted because they come about through no fault of the Thai driver, rather , by someone putting a spell on one of the passengers.

It’s time for people to get a grip ????