Granny, 83, run over and killed by reversing school van

[webfact]

Granny, 83, run over and killed by reversing school van

 

Thai caption: Granny run over

 

Horrific CCTV footage from western Bangkok showed the moment that an elderly grandmother as crushed under the back wheel of a reversing school van. 

 

Somrit, 83, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

 

The driver of the van - Nathaphon, 53 - said he had just delivered some students and didn't realise he had gone over someone after reversing about 20 meters. 

 

He said to an assistant teacher on the van that he thought a student's bag had fallen down, Sanook reported. He was alerted to what had happened when a person ran out to tell him. 

 

Relatives of the woman said that she lived locally and would always be walking in the soi as a matter of routine. 

 

The body was taken to Sirirat Hospital. 

 

The accident happened in Soi Ekachai 69/2 in the Bang Bon district of the capital. 

 

Bang Khun Thian police are investigating. 

 

 

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[mok199]

Tragic ,after 83 years on this planet ,then this..

Edited October 25, 2019 by mok199

[marko kok prong]

must say though some of these old grannys just wander into the road without looking at all.

[Vacuum]

20 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

must say though some of these old grannys just wander into the road without looking at all.

...and not only "grannies".

[lensta]

Why was he reversing down the street?? Was the street a dead end and no where for him to turn around?

 

[MaxLee]

9 minutes ago, lensta said:

Why was he reversing down the street?? Was the street a dead end and no where for him to turn around?

 

Reverse gear failure 

[worgeordie]

How many points is a granny ?

RIP old lady,hope you had a good life.

regards worgeordie

[atyclb]

brought to you by "the culture of safety"

[atyclb]

1 hour ago, marko kok prong said:

must say though some of these old grannys just wander into the road without looking at all.

 

not just old people, people in general not aware of much

[Classic Ray]

Collision warning reversing beepers cost about 1000 baht, reversing cameras a bit more, don't the van owners value any human life, or just profit?

[aussie11950]

RIP the old lady.

The problem is there is no concern for safety.

I think most countries prohibit reversing for any distance.

But Thai drivers have no problem reversing, when driving forward with clear vision is possible and safer.

 

[30la]

... and another criminal who doesn't even think about looking before leaving!

R.I.P. Grandma!

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, lensta said:

Why was he reversing down the street?? Was the street a dead end and no where for him to turn around?

 

It certainly was a sad "dead end" - RIP old lady.

[snowgard]

24 minutes ago, 30la said:

... and another criminal who doesn't even think about looking before leaving!

R.I.P. Grandma!

Criminal??? How do you know he's a criminal? Did him steal something that you call him that?

 

It may also be that it was the grandmother's fault, because she does not look!!! I see it every day that people do not give a damn if they see a car drive back and get in the way.

 

In most countries, this is the fault of pedestrians, who go stupidly and without looking in the direction of a moving vehicle.

[Skeptic7]

Hope I get 83 in the books! 

[richard_smith237]

Tragic consequences yet again when two people not paying full attention come together. 

 

How many incidents do we see in Thailand that could have been avoided had just one of the two involved in the incident been paying attention?

 

 

It happens so regularly in a shopping mall car park (I don't always reverse park) - I am reversing out of the parking space and a family will walk past the back of the car completely unaware that I've started moving out, unaware that the reversing lights are on etc...  

 

A lot of people here do tend to walk around in their own bubble, as we see, with tragic consequences. 

 

But, how did the reversing driver not see the old lady walking in the road? - was he just not paying attention? I'm guessing he was just using his side mirrors and assuming the road was clear in the middle. 

 

 

[Tropposurfer]

Yep another basic road rule ignored (or never known from never being taught)?!

rule being; reverse only when necessary and only the bare minimum of distance, and be extremely vigilant when doing so.

reversing a bus or van or truck of any size: get out n check behind before attempting reverse, do it as slowly as possible, use a spotter and if not available - don’t bloody reverse at all especially not tens of metres.

poor old darling RIP????????

[Matzzon]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver of the van - Nathaphon, 53 - said he had just delivered some students and didn't realise he had gone over someone after reversing about 20 meters. 

Very observant driver. 

[MAGA 2020]

17 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Collision warning reversing beepers cost about 1000 baht, reversing cameras a bit more, don't the van owners value any human life, or just profit?

Have you ever seen anyone look both ways before crossing whether its walking or driving, didn't think so. Though its tragic <deleted> happens because common sense lacks.

[thequietman]

17 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Collision warning reversing beepers cost about 1000 baht, reversing cameras a bit more, don't the van owners value any human life, or just profit?

just profit

[cardinalblue]

Don’t they teach drivers to look first when backing up....

 

must have been going with speed not even know you ran over something...

 

probably not driving to road  conditions again...

[Lemonltr]

There ought to be a law forbidding stickers on rear windows and only allowed on the car body. Some are totally blocked. 

[notasmartassknowitallfarag]

A lot of drivers in Thailand don’t use their mirrors and one should especially be driving slowly & carefully  when reversing up a small soi that people live and walk about on. Common sense!