Preteen dies in gruesome road accident in Trang

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Preteen dies in gruesome road accident in Trang

By The Nation

 

 

A horrific road accident in Trang province on Sunday injured about 20 people and killed a 10-year-old boy.

 

At 7.30pm, paramedics were summoned when a truck and pick-up slammed into each other with such force that the truck flipped over and the pick-up landed in a building nearby.

 

The injured were mostly passengers in the pick-up, who were heading home, including the boy who succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

 

The truck driver said he was driving on the left lane when he noticed the pick-up had suddenly shifted to his lane and was driving in the opposite direction.

 

The two vehicles then crashed, and the truck flipped over while the pick-up landed in a nearby building.

 

The pick-up driver said the rain had affected his vision and he did not realise a truck was coming at him from the other side.

 

Soure: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398424

 

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[Wiggy]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

he did not realise a truck was coming at him from the other side.

Probably because he was asleep. 

[dutchman]

they think the road is theirs all have wait him pass

 

[worgeordie]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

The pick-up driver said the rain had affected his vision and he did not realise a truck was coming at him from the other side.

Rain is becoming the new excuse for bad driving,slippery roads,can not see,????

RIP the young lad.

regards Worgeordie

[klauskunkel]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

a truck and pick-up slammed into each other with such force

The pick-up driver said the rain had affected his vision

so he had step on the gas to go faster than the rain drops!

[Tarteso]

RIP
 

Poor kids who depends their lives of these without brain, indolent, sleeper crazies fathers.

[Tyler Visan]

20 people in the pick-up! What can be said?

[GeorgeCross]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The pick-up driver said the rain had affected his vision

 

did he have a windscreen?

 

(not joking.. i've seen it all here!)

 

 

[Scott Tracy]

About 20 people injured and a boy dead. Most being passengers in the pickup. Shocking waste and criminally negligent. This should be stopped. Carrying people in the bed of a pickup should be stopped now.

[RocketDog]

5 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

did he have a windscreen?

 

(not joking.. i've seen it all here!)

 

 

My personal favorite is the motorcy drivers holding an umbrella out in from of them. I can't believe it's very effective in blocking the rain but certainly effective in blocking their vision. TIT 

[toofarnorth]

6 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

did he have a windscreen?

 

(not joking.. i've seen it all here!)

 

 

I should think so but wipers ....quite likely not.

[wotsdermatter]

On 11/23/2020 at 9:28 PM, klauskunkel said:

so he had step on the gas to go faster than the rain drops

Not true.  He sped up because the other vehicle changed lanes in order to avoid the raindrops that were landing on his windshield.  Sad this happened, but it is not the first time and it will not be the last.  There are idiot drivers in every country.

'nuf sed.

On 11/23/2020 at 11:41 PM, Scott Tracy said:

Carrying people in the bed of a pickup should be stopped now.

How many times have we heard that call?

'nuf sed.