Korat: Nurse run over and killed by her own car - no handbrake and left in neutral

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Korat: Nurse run over and killed by her own car - no handbrake and left in neutral

 

 

A 57 year old nurse in Nakorn Ratchasima was run over by her own car and killed. 

 

Police said she had failed to put the hand brake on outside her house and had left the gear in neutral on a slope.

 

In trying to stop the car after it began moving she was dragged under the wheels and crushed to death, police thought. 

 

The incident happened around midnight last night in Soi Suksawat Nong Phai in Muang district. 

 

The victim was found under the back wheels in a drainage ditch ten meters from her house, reported Workpoint News.

 

Source: Workpoint News

 

 

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[trainman34014]

RIP that Lady but they hardly ever use the Hand brake for anything in the same way they don't use Seat Belts.   So many deaths caused by their own ignorance.

[Matzzon]

Almost impossible to accomplish. Only almost, though.

[Tropposurfer]

Sad to hear????????

rest peacefully.

a moments lapse of considered thought and whammo were dead.

im reminded of the randomness of death.

remember that very promising young actor crushed by his car in California when his car crushed him against the gate post? The young fella who played Chekhov in Star Trek.

[Dap]

Very sad and could easily happen to any one of us

at the weary and maybe preoccupied end of a day. 

[Lokie]

3 minutes ago, Dap said:

Very sad and could easily happen to any one of us

at the weary and maybe preoccupied end of a day. 

No it wouldn't,

If you have been given competent training in driving a vehicle then you know you always park safely, apply hand brake turn off and leave in gear (or park in automatic)

 

RIP to the poor lady anyhow is very sad all the same

[Dap]

4 minutes ago, Lokie said:

No it wouldn't,

If you have been given competent training in driving a vehicle then you know you always park safely, apply hand brake turn off and leave in gear (or park in automatic)

 

RIP to the poor lady anyhow is very sad all the same

A thousand pardons. There are indeed perfect human beings in our midst. I stand corrected 

[hotchilli]

The problem being once she started to try and stop it she didn't have the courage to just let it go...

around 60 kg trying to stop a car isn't going to happen... she paid the price of getting behind it!

[Percy P]

3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

RIP that Lady but they hardly ever use the Hand brake for anything in the same way they don't use Seat Belts.   So many deaths caused by their own ignorance.

I've always been under the impression that in Thai you leave your hand brake off and out of gear when you park in case the car or vehicle has to be moved.

[gk10002000]

My great aunt who was 86 at the time, did the same thing. Now she was a tough old bird, used to have a farm, had horses etc.  She got out of her 1979 Toronado "land yacht" and apparently the car started rolling down the hill at church.  She reached in, grabbed the steering wheel and got dragged about 100 yards down the hill, across the street without hitting anybody or anything.  Got all bruised up but nothing too serious.  She just wasn't going to let go of the reins on that iron horse!

[IraqRon]

19 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

My great aunt who was 86 at the time, did the same thing. Now she was a tough old bird, used to have a farm, had horses etc.  She got out of her 1979 Toronado "land yacht" and apparently the car started rolling down the hill at church.  She reached in, grabbed the steering wheel and got dragged about 100 yards down the hill, across the street without hitting anybody or anything.  Got all bruised up but nothing too serious.  She just wasn't going to let go of the reins on that iron horse!

well, hooray for her, there must not have been an evil spirit around to guide the car to crush her to death.

[gk10002000]

6 hours ago, IraqRon said:

well, hooray for her, there must not have been an evil spirit around to guide the car to crush her to death.

She was Greek Orthodox so no Buddha Amulet charms involved

[gk10002000]

Was that little car a stick shift standard?  Do they still make those types?  I would think that would suck if you routinely drive in a traffic jam place.  The thrill of using a stick wears off by about the third hour of stop and go traffic!

[gunderhill]

12 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

RIP that Lady but they hardly ever use the Hand brake for anything in the same way they don't use Seat Belts.   So many deaths caused by their own ignorance.

Don't need  handbrake by me, lump of stone  will suffice......usually because the  handbrake hasn't worked for years!

[Damrongsak]

Family friends lost their little boy that way years ago. Car parked on slope, automatic transmission in park and probably no brake set.  Back then they had no ignition/trans interlocks or anything and the door was unlocked.  Kid played with the column-mounted shifter no doubt.  Car rolled, he bailed and was run over by the front wheel(s).  Tragic.

 

To this day I park my stick shift truck with the brake set, in gear and always lock the doors. My wife let our stick shift Accura Legend roll down our driveway (twice).  Probably in gear but no brake set or some combo.  One time it slowed just before it hit the front steps (I later learned).  Second time it rolled right into her car broadside and totaled it.  No one was there when it happened.  I had an amusing conversation with our insurance agent.  It was also odd when I got home from work that day and noticed she had parked quite close to her car.  On closer inspection it was 6 inches inside her car and her car scooted a foot sideways.  "Honey, come outside for a minute.  I have something to show you." 

[irwinfc]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said she had failed to put the hand brake on outside her house and had left the gear in neutral on a slope.

on a slope? how did she even get off the car?

 

20 hours ago, webfact said:

... police thought.

if you thought that what happened was impossible, you get this.

[Moonlover]

I would suspect that the lady was not parking the car at the time and that she left that car temporarily to attend to something, maybe a gate.

 

I suggest this scenario because she must have left the key in the ignition as you can only withdraw the key once the shift has been put into 'park'. Sadly, like many people (not just Thais) she didn't fully understand the nuances of how cars work.

 

That was the same mistake that the actor Anton Yelchin made.

[Lokie]

On 9/5/2019 at 10:53 AM, Dap said:

A thousand pardons. There are indeed perfect human beings in our midst. I stand corrected 

Iv never met one yet mate (a perfect human being) so thats exactly why you leave a vehicle parked up safely with the handbrake applied for every ones safety.

[Dap]

17 hours ago, Lokie said:

Iv never met one yet mate (a perfect human being) so thats exactly why you leave a vehicle parked up safely with the handbrake applied for every ones safety.

That's twice now that you've missed my point mate. People make mistakes in life and here, we are talking about a fatal error by a 57 year old nurse, who after a long day of taking care of folk who (no doubt) are worse off than you or me, could possibly have been preoccupied. After 50 some odd years of driving all over this planet, I hardly need to hear of the importance of the proper use of the handbrake or leaving a vehicle in gear (or turning the wheels into the curb (or uphill) on a downgrade/upgrade. I'm just saying that we ain't all perfect human beings and we sometimes make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes are fatal. I refuse to cite the victim here who could have "forgotten" those basic rules for any of a million reasons that I would have no reason to be aware of. Just sayin'.

[Lokie]

On 9/5/2019 at 10:36 AM, Dap said:

Very sad and could easily happen to any one of us

at the weary and maybe preoccupied end of a day. 

Above is what you said

I disagreed with the 'could easily happen to any one of us' You then decided to infer something about Perfect Human Beings? (up to you)

 

I replied to that and said exactly why handbrakes are fitted vehicles as human beings are not perfect.

 

After like you driving all over the world on two and multi-wheeled vehicles I stand by the fact anyone who does not apply an handbrake and leave a vehicle in safe condition should not be let loose to injure themselves or anyone else.

 

As been touched on also in thread replies lots of locals here leave things in neutral with no handbrake on in case it has to be moved owing to silly parking arrangements in areas, the point is there is no excuse, and if too tired dont drive etc etc...

 

RIP to the lady as said and it is sad but no it has never happened to me as I use the handbrake as I was taught to do when taking lessons and qualifying to drive and never happend to anyone I know - Period.

[JeffersLos]

And this was a medical professional? 'Educated' and employed to use their intelligence and knowledge of health and safety to help others?

[richard_smith237]

4 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

And this was a medical professional? 'Educated' and employed to use their intelligence and knowledge of health and safety to help others?

A tell me [us], are you educated?. Have you used your intelligence and knowledge in your career? 

Have you ever made a fundamental blunder? Got the toast out of the toaster with a knife? Done anything after which you looked back and thought ‘that was galactically daft’

 

She made a mistake, paid for it with her life when luck failed. For most of us, luck has won - we’re still here to tell the tale.

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Lokie said:

Above is what you said

I disagreed with the 'could easily happen to any one of us' You then decided to infer something about Perfect Human Beings? (up to you)

 

I replied to that and said exactly why handbrakes are fitted vehicles as human beings are not perfect.

 

After like you driving all over the world on two and multi-wheeled vehicles I stand by the fact anyone who does not apply an handbrake and leave a vehicle in safe condition should not be let loose to injure themselves or anyone else.

 

As been touched on also in thread replies lots of locals here leave things in neutral with no handbrake on in case it has to be moved owing to silly parking arrangements in areas, the point is there is no excuse, and if too tired dont drive etc etc...

 

RIP to the lady as said and it is sad but no it has never happened to me as I use the handbrake as I was taught to do when taking lessons and qualifying to drive and never happend to anyone I know - Period.

Keyboard perfectionist - never made a mistake in his life ! 

 

 

[JeffersLos]

Gets out of a car with it in neutral.

 

With it on a slope.

 

Doesn't put on the handbrake.

 

Moves to stand behind it as it rolls down.

 

 

Sounds like a slapstick comedy show.

 

Beep Beep. Boing Boing. 

 

 

 

If you have a loved one in the hospital that employed her, get them out of there now. 

 

 

 

 

[JeffersLos]

11 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

never made a mistake in his life ! 

Did richard perhaps lose a car to a lake?

 

After leaving it in neutral on slope without the handbrake on, perhaps? 

[richard_smith237]

18 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

Did richard perhaps lose a car to a lake?

 

After leaving it in neutral on slope without the handbrake on, perhaps? 

Of course not, but neither am I going to sit here and claim I’ve never made a mistake. 

Everyone makes mistakes, most of us are just extremely fortunate that our mistakes have limited impact or we were lucky enough to ‘get away’ with them. 

[Lokie]

On 9/9/2019 at 6:42 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Keyboard perfectionist - never made a mistake in his life ! 

 

 

Do not misquote me, I never said I never made a mistake in my life? What you seem to fail to see (read?) humans (ALL of us) are not perfect so an handbrake is a safe guard - don't use it and you may pay the price. 

 

You then refer to Luck in reply to another post above - Luck has nothing what so ever to do with it, if you are not in a fit state to drive or operate something which has the capacity to cause injury or loss of life then common sense dictates you should not use it (Could say its a bit like a drunk who decides to risk driving home (totally selfish and stupid thing to do with no care to themselves or anyone else) it sounds like your argument condones this if the drunk gets home luck played its part? If he killed someone well thats just unlucky ehh? Do you see how silly your argument is... 

 

Then you mentioned the word daft...? ????