Students escape tragedy by the skin of their teeth after driver falls asleep

By The Nation

 

 

A group of students from the Chiang Mai Rajabhat University were nearly killed in a road accident on Monday morning after the driver of their van fell asleep and crashed into a roadside tree at 6am.

 

Police and rescue staff arrived to help the 10 students, two of whom were severely injured and transferred to hospital.

 

Initial investigation showed they were returning from a camp in Nakhon Ratchasima province, and their driver fell asleep as they were passing through Lampang province.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399572

 

 

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There must be cases of sleeping sickness in Thailand,

as everyday it seems someone is falling asleep at the wheel.

you would think the noise the kids are making in the back

would keep them awake.unless the kids were asleep too.

hope the injured kids have a speedy recovery.

regards worgeordie

Appears money and time is more important then lives !

18 hours ago, tracker1 said:

Appears money and time is more important then lives !

Very common truth. I remember watching people commuting on the icy freeways in Denver Colorado "dying" to get to work in the morning. 

The accident occurred at 06.00 in Lampang. They had driven overnight from Korat.

 

What's the betting that the driver was not an official driver on a 'night-shift' (i.e. slept during the day before) but instead had been awake all day before and decided that he could stay awake long enough to reach the destination?

Very sad and I wish speedy recoveries to all those students who were injured. The distance from Nahkon Ratchasima to Chiang Mai is approx. 705 kms. One man with passenger minivan driving through the night, I am not surprised he fell asleep around 6am and I wonder how many rest breaks he had (if any, other than toilet stops).

Wow very lucky they didn't roll. Tree comes to the rescue. So anyway don't do anything about public vehicle drivers getting rest, carry on regardless. Did i hear Thailand has a transport minister or is that myth ?

When I am getting drowsy when driving and feel I might fall asleep I stop and sleep. Only need 15 mins and I am fine to go. Too hard for a Thai driver obviously judging by the way they keep crashing.

3 hours ago, RocketDog said:

Very common truth. I remember watching people commuting on the icy freeways in Denver Colorado "dying" to get to work in the morning. 

Thank Buddha there are no icy roads in Thailand.

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

When I am getting drowsy when driving and feel I might fall asleep I stop and sleep. Only need 15 mins and I am fine to go. Too hard for a Thai driver obviously judging by the way they keep crashing.

Maybe it's time for passengers of any vehicle to adopt a 'watch the driver' system, whereby passengers take it in turns to make sure the driver stays awake. The watcher must remain awake of course. Now that's the problem. Thais can sleep on a clothes line and when boarding any vehicle immediately enter the land of nod.????

2 hours ago, MisterTee said:

Thank Buddha there are no icy roads in Thailand.

For sure. Accidents spike even with a light rain. 

22 hours ago, MisterTee said:

Thank Buddha there are no icy roads in Thailand.

Driving in Thailand is like participating in a Demolition Derby at the best of times.

   Ice would create a situation beyond anyone's imagination.

Did they test the driver if he was drunk ?

double-shifting.

when has  that driver had a propre sleep? he might have been working non-stop for long hours after taking "yaa baa" (speed, methamphetamine).  it isn't unusual out there.

On 12/15/2020 at 12:14 PM, jaiyen said:

When I am getting drowsy when driving and feel I might fall asleep I stop and sleep. Only need 15 mins and I am fine to go. Too hard for a Thai driver obviously judging by the way they keep crashing.

i wash my face and eyes......!!!