Almsgiver, monks injured in roadside accident in Chumphon

[rooster59]

Almsgiver, monks injured in roadside accident in Chumphon

By THE NATION

 

 

Three monks, including an abbot of a temple, suffered minor injuries while an alms-giver was seriously injured in a freak accident in Chumphon province early on Friday.

 

 

At 5.50am on Friday, Lang Suan Police Station was informed about a road accident with multiple injured victims in front of the Lang Suan branch of Thanachart Bank in Lang Suan district.

 

Police found local villagers trying to lift an Isuzu pickup truck in order to free the body of a man who was stuck under it. The victim was later identified as Boonyarat Jongsakul, 68, a Chumphon local. He was later admitted to Lang Suang Hospital with multiple injuries.

 

 

Suta Thammarat, 62, an abbot of Wiwekaram Temple and two other monks from the same temple had minor injuries.

 

Witnesses reportedly told police that the three monks were making their morning alms round along Lang Suan Road when Booyarat stopped his pickup truck near the footpath to offer food to the monks. “A car which was coming from Lang Suan market lost control at a corner and hit the truck, sending it moving around 15 metres from where it was parked and hitting the truck driver and the three monks,” a witness said.

 

 

Police arrested Jakkaphong Kapitathai, 30, the driver of the car and were interrogating him to determine the cause of the accident.

 

One of the injured monks said that they had been walking from the temple, which is around 5km from the market, to receive alms every morning for several years and never been in an accident. “The abbot, the other monk and I were rattled by the incident and had trouble breathing at first but we are now feeling better,” he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30397101?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

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[RichardColeman]

48 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Police arrested Jakkaphong Kapitathai, 30, the driver of the car and were interrogating him to determine the cause of the accident.

my monies on spider in the car

[Patong2021]

" sending it moving around 15 metres from where it was parked and hitting the truck driver and the three monks"

 

Must be moving at great speed to do this, yes?

I think driver put vehicle in N and not activate  safety brake, yes?

 

[Geoffggi]

As usual driving too fast and lost control of the vehicle or possibly under the influence of something or other

[Almer]

Why is this  reported as a freak accident?

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

As usual driving too fast and lost control of the vehicle or possibly under the influence of something or other

All of the above and a few more likely... who knows this is Thailand

[brianthainess]

34 minutes ago, Almer said:

Why is this  reported as a freak accident?

Maybe bcoz it wasn't brake failure. 

[connda]

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“A car which was coming from Lang Suan market lost control at a corner and hit the truck, sending it moving around 15 metres from where it was parked and hitting the truck driver and the three monks,”

That's not a "freak accident."  It's the typical case of Thais driving like manics on Thai roads without a care about who they kill or injure because it's important to get where they are going "Quick, quick, quick."

[Johnnybangkok71]

I hope the driver is not HiSo or a billionaire or from the REDBULL family, if so he will never see a day in jail and the victims will never see justice. It is the Land of Smiles (if you are rich and powerful)

[sammieuk1]

Only freak accidents above the 6th floor are left to be in the freak category everything else is depressingly normal ????

[Grumpy one]

20 hours ago, Almer said:

Why is this  reported as a freak accident?

Because a freaken idiot was driving 

[moe666]

I noticed that no one mentioned HiSo Jimmy who got off for the death of a fishball vendor