webfact Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Mayor of municipality in Trang missing after car accident By The Nation Hat Samran police station in Trang province was informed at 07.16 pm on December 25 of a white Mitsubishi Pajero SUV falling into a canal with two passengers trapped inside. They were identified as the Mayor of Nakhon Trang Municipality Apichit Winothaias, owner of the vehicle, and his chauffer. Police and rescue team took three hours to pull it from the canal but found only Sutthimeth Panysitthikorn, the 22-year-old chauffeur, dead on the back seat. There was no sign of the mayor. Divers have been searching for him while locals pray that the mayor would survive the accident as he is a respectful person in the community. Security cameras nearby show the car travelling at high speed, then suddenly plunged into the canal. The mayor, reportedly, left Thetsaban 1 Sangkhawit School’s boy scout camp before the accident. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379874 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-27 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted December 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 Waiting for the alcohol leave his system most likely 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf81 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) Bit weird to hear the chauffeur sitting on the back-seat. Of course we don't know anything, but I wonder if the mayor was driving and if so, why? Edited December 27, 2019 by wolf81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Body of Trang mayor found 5 km from crash site By THE NATION Trang police were informed on Thursday (December 26) at 5pm by the Kusol Sathan Trang Rescue Foundation that one of their staff had found the body of Apichit Winothaias, Mayor of Nakhon Trang Municipality floating in the sea while patrolling Hat Samran Beach on a paramotor. On Wednesday the police and rescue staff pulled a white Mitsubishi Pajero SUV from a canal approximately 5 kilometres from where Apichit’s body was found. In the back seat they found the body of 22-year-old chauffeur Sutthimeth Panysitthikorn but no sign of the mayor. Security cameras nearby show the car travelling at high speed, then suddenly plunging into the canal. Rescue staff said that the crash site is near a channel leading to the open sea near Koh Libong in Kantang district of Trang province, which is why the body was washed away. Apichit’s body has brought to Hat Samran Hospital for autopsy. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379893?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=internal_referral -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-27 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 He went out with a bang for the holidays...you are only as good as your weakest employee...speed baby speed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 High speed splash sudden stop played out 24/7 here rinse repeat ????Rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Obviously didn't get the PM's memo... no high speed, no blah blah blah. You can't stop stupidity. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Seems a bit odd to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 The strength of the tides - explained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 23 hours ago, wolf81 said: Bit weird to hear the chauffeur sitting on the back-seat. Of course we don't know anything, but I wonder if the mayor was driving and if so, why? My guess would be he managed to reach get to the back seats and exit the vehicle as the nose (with Engine) submerged first. The Mayor already being in the back seat was perhaps able to exit the vehicle before drawing and being washed away. What an awful way to go. Are people in Thailand even educated on how to exit a car which impacts deep water? i.e. by opening the windows and allowing the pressure to equalize (i.e .water to rise), then escaping, and then being able to swim. (the electrics on cars are insulated and will last some time even when the vehicle is submerged). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langkawee Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 If only he was driving slowly, sigh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langkawee Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/27/2019 at 8:17 AM, RichardColeman said: Waiting for the alcohol leave his system most likely He did a runner to avoid alcohol breath test, lol. Hundreds more deaths to come. You expats must have balls of steel to volunteer to live in that war zone called LOS 555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 22 year old chauffeur in the back seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/28/2019 at 2:50 PM, richard_smith237 said: Are people in Thailand even educated on how to exit a car which impacts deep water? i.e. by opening the windows and allowing the pressure to equalize (i.e .water to rise), then escaping, and then being able to swim. (the electrics on cars are insulated and will last some time even when the vehicle is submerged). does any country teach that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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