One teen student dead, 8 injured after pick up driver checks message on his phone

[webfact]

One teen student dead, 8 injured after pick up driver checks message on his phone

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

An 18 year old pick-up driver who fled the scene after killing a student told police that he had momentarily looked down at a Line message that popped up on his phone. 

 

Narubet, 18, said he had been following a 10 wheel truck when he got the message. When he looked back up he was right up the rear of the truck and swerved left then right to try and avoid a collision. 

 

He said he hit something but was not sure what - he fled in a panic but was stopped further down the Ban Praew - Phraprathon Road in Samut Sakhon yesterday evening. 

 

He had hit the back of a minivan taking nine students home from Sirinthorn Ratchawithayalai School, Nakhon Pathom. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The driver lost control of the van that ended up on its side after hitting a lamppost in the central reservation. 

 

Dead at the scene was 16 year old M5 student Phathit. The eight injured were taken to three area hospitals. 

 

The driver only suffered minor injuries and did not need hospital treatment.

 

Local officials were visiting the injured and providing moral support to parents, reported 77 kaoded. 

 

Police were testing the urine of the pick-up driver after the accident around 5.30 pm yesterday. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[balo]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

An 18 year old pick-up driver who fled the scene after killing a student told police that he had momentarily looked down at a Line message that popped up on his phone. 

That says it all really. Another life lost and all caused by a stupid smart phone. 

 

[RotBenz8888]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

he fled in a panic

Taking responsibility is out of the question.

[ThreeEyedRaven]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

he had momentarily looked down at a Line message

Momentarily? Would not surprise me in the slightest to discover a continuous exchange of messages covering the entire period he was behind the wheel. Anything less than a manslaughter charge will be a disgrace. Shame to ruin the life of one so young himself, but maybe harsh punishment will make him and others realise you CAN"T use your bloody phone while you are driving, because it gets people killed.

[Vacuum]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

The driver only suffered minor injuries and did not need hospital treatment.

Even if he was seriously injured, he shouldn't get any hospital treatment.

[RichardColeman]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Local officials were visiting the injured and providing moral support to parents, reported 77 kaoded. 

"we'd like to thank you for your generous donation to Thai road death statistics . Here's a bouquet of flowers. That'll be 500 baht !"

[PremiumLane]

I ride around Bangkok a lot, drivers using phones is epidemic, I would say at least 1 in 4 are doing it while driving.  

[ezzra]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

he had momentarily looked down

In life all that it take to ruin lives is ' Momentarily'...

[edwinchester]

54 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Even if he was seriously injured, he shouldn't get any hospital treatment.

They were talking about the driver of the minivan that was rear ended by the pickup.

[Vacuum]

4 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

They were talking about the driver of the minivan that was rear ended by the pickup.

Thanks, you're right.

[Ramen087]

This is why some countries have created the crime of Vehicular Homicide. Is Thailand one of them? 

[ChipButty]

Thai's can obviously see and read about these accidents daily it's on the the TV also but it just does not seem to sink in.

Phuket police want to pat themselves on the back after no deaths 7 days of danger, fair enough but what now? back to normal I ask myself?

[ChipButty]

2 minutes ago, Ramen087 said:

This is why some countries have created the crime of Vehicular Homicide. Is Thailand one of them? 

Dont think so

[tgw]

1 hour ago, balo said:

That says it all really. Another life lost and all caused by a stupid smart phone.

the smart phone is not at fault in this chain of events

[petedk]

1 hour ago, PremiumLane said:

I ride around Bangkok a lot, drivers using phones is epidemic, I would say at least 1 in 4 are doing it while driving.  

Interesting you should say that.

Two times this week I tried to count the number of drivers using mobiles while driving. 

 

The first time I was a passenger in a van on a tollway. I counted 25 trucks/cars and 15 were using their mobiles.

 

Last night I walked down our street and the traffic was jammed and flowing very slowly. I saw 2 drivers out of 20 NOT using the phone. One was watching a movie and the other was watching ......... the traffic.

[petedk]

1 hour ago, PremiumLane said:

I ride around Bangkok a lot, drivers using phones is epidemic, I would say at least 1 in 4 are doing it while driving.  

I too travel around Bangkok a lot every day , by foot, motorcycle or taxi (and of course BTS/MRT).

 

Actually what is more alarming is the number of food delivery motorcycles using their GPS maps. I have seen a couple of minor accidents while they were trying to read the maps.

[bluesofa]

38 minutes ago, Ramen087 said:

This is why some countries have created the crime of Vehicular Homicide. Is Thailand one of them? 

This is slightly OT, although linked to the above:

I see there's some discussion in the UK at the moment about changing the law so someone causing death by dangerous driving would be give a life prison sentence.

 

[pixelaoffy]

45 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Dont think so

Thailand doesn't do " real punishment" for killing people! Likes to punish people for trivial matters ,.. won't list because I've better things to do 

[pixelaoffy]

23 minutes ago, petedk said:

I too travel around Bangkok a lot every day , by foot, motorcycle or taxi (and of course BTS/MRT).

 

Actually what is more alarming is the number of food delivery motorcycles using their GPS maps. I have seen a couple of minor accidents while they were trying to read the maps.

Absolutely! The city full of a arrogant careless selfish irrational people, These couriers are a menace and walking is hazardous because they " arent looking where they are going !"

[trainman34014]

2 hours ago, pixelaoffy said:

Thailand doesn't do " real punishment" for killing people! Likes to punish people for trivial matters ,.. won't list because I've better things to do 

Yup; killing people only gets one a month in the Monkhood but Old Ladies cutting Mushrooms on Government Land or playing Bridge for Matchsticks can get themselves locked up for 15 years !

[jaiyen]

4 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

I ride around Bangkok a lot, drivers using phones is epidemic, I would say at least 1 in 4 are doing it while driving.  

And on motorbikes too. Pedestrians are glued to their phones. I like to stop walking when I see them blindly walking towards me !

[30la]

6 hours ago, balo said:

That says it all really. Another life lost and all caused by a stupid smart phone. 

 

No stupid smartphone....STUPID DRIVER!!!

[Tops]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

minivan

What is the difference between a van and minivan ?

[NE1]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Thai's can obviously see and read about these accidents daily it's on the the TV also but it just does not seem to sink in.

What needs to happen is T.V. to do a follow up. e.g.  " remember the guy who killed somebody last week while he was using his mobile phone while driving. He has got 10 years in jail"

The need for the story itself is not enough , people need to see the consequences of the actions.

[transam]

44 minutes ago, 30la said:

No stupid smartphone....STUPID DRIVER!!!

Who was probably on his phone.....????

[stouricks]

6 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Even if he was seriously injured, he shouldn't get any hospital treatment.

It means the driver of the minibus, not the pick-up.

[URMySunshine]

7 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Even if he was seriously injured, he shouldn't get any hospital treatment.

Thankfully the medical profession doesn't work like that. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

 

[hobobo]

7 hours ago, balo said:

That says it all really. Another life lost and all caused by a stupid smart phone. 

 

Yet Thais will continue using them whilst driving (or texting riding a bike!!), because they know that penalties were a joke. So sad. RIP to the young student.

[Redline]

Because driving laws are not enforced in Thailand, the authorities condone this behavior.  Everyone does it-even adults with children on a motorbike with no helmets.  Everything is fine, as long as the money keeps flowing in the backchannels.  I have never experienced a society so passive when it comes to the deaths of so many thousands of children-that is not at war

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He said he hit something but was not sure what - he fled in a panic but was stopped further down the Ban Praew

manslaughter for fleeing the scene!