Five hurt after pickup driver falls asleep, slams into car

By The Nation

 

 

Five people in a public transport vehicle were injured after the driver of a pickup fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into the car on old San Kampaeng Road in Chiang Mai province on Thursday.

 

The heavy collision trapped the passengers in the car. Rescuers had to use equipment to free them just as the vehicle caught fire.

 

Another group of rescuers quickly succeeded in extinguishing the flames, preventing further casualties.

 

The five injured people were taken to hospital. The accident also created a traffic jam.

 

Pickup driver Jetsada Norakaipan, 29, admitted to falling asleep and causing the accident.

 

The police are investigating to find out exactly how the crash occurred.

 

San Kamphaeng police station is holding the vehicles until the injured retrieve them.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398210

 

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The driver actually was honest and admitted he was in the wrong ????

 

 

I’m struggling to accept that this wasn’t break failure.... again !!

 

 

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pickup driver Jetsada Norakaipan, 29, admitted to falling asleep and causing the accident.

 

The police are investigating to find out exactly how the crash occurred.

 

I’m going to take a wild stab in the dark ’The driver fell asleep and crashed into something’...

 

 

Quite strange how the police can so readily come to the conclusion of suicide when someone falls off a Pattaya Balcony, however, in this case state they are 'investigating how the crash happened’ when the driver has already admitted he fell asleep !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m struggling to accept that this wasn’t break failure.... again !!

 

It's brake failure, not break. B-R-A-K-E, brake.

 

... Again !!

20 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

The driver actually was honest and admitted he was in the wrong ????

 

 

I’m struggling to accept that this wasn’t break failure.... again !!

 

 

 

I’m going to take a wild stab in the dark ’The driver fell asleep and crashed into something’...

 

 

Quite strange how the police can so readily come to the conclusion of suicide when someone falls off a Pattaya Balcony, however, in this case state they are 'investigating how the crash happened’ when the driver has already admitted he fell asleep !

 

 

 

 

As for police interest, there's no money to be made of a dead balcony jumper whereas an injured or uninjured driver...

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m struggling to accept that this wasn’t break failure.... again !!

 

But it WAS "break" failure, commonly known as Lap Nai

Fall asleep on a chicken's lip some of them could .. 

13 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Fall asleep on a chicken's lip some of them could .. 

Is that otherwise know as beak failure?

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

It's brake failure, not break. B-R-A-K-E, brake.

 

... Again !!

I sometimes wonder if it is predictive text which changes input spelling. If not then International education standards are falling. Time for my coffee brake.......

 

So admitting he was asleep .so that's not an afence then.so that's ok no fine..

If only Thai's would dream of safe and courteous driving when they fall asleep ????

How is a songtaew described as a "car" in the report? it's a modified pickup truck. 

ban this driver for LIFE....in all my years of driving (49 years) I HAVE NEVER fallen asleep at the wheel

On 11/19/2020 at 3:38 PM, PETERTHEEATER said:

I sometimes wonder if it is predictive text which changes input spelling. If not then International education standards are falling. Time for my coffee brake.......

 

Could be that the driver fell asleep and failed to brake because earlier he had failed to take a break .