Thailand Road Carnage: Pick-up driver dead after plowing into house, power pole and roti stand

 

Image: Pattaya Update News

 

Koh Jan, Chonburi, police and rescue services were called after a pick-up with Bangkok plates plowed into a house, snapped a power pole and demolished a roti stand at the local market.

The accident caused a power outage and rescue teams had to wait for the power to be turned off before assisting the driver.

 

The power pole had fallen on the base of his neck.

 

After he was cut out - an operation taking 30 minutes - Anai-monchai, 48,  a local man, was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

The accident also ruptured a water main.

 

Nobody saw what happened but when there was a loud bang and the lights went out people rushed to the scene and called the rescue services, reported Pattaya Update News. 

 

Source: Pattaya Update News

 

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Took out a power pole, a roti stand and a water main in one movement. Cool, that's 20 points on GTA.

No brakes.

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

The accident caused a power outage and rescue teams had to wait for the power to be turned off before assisting the driver.

 

Did the outage not turn the power off?   LOL

3 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Did the outage not turn the power off?   LOL

Dont take a chance in Thailand

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

plowed into a house, snapped a power pole and demolished a roti stand at the local market.

They don't mess around, do they! 

RIP.

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Koh Jan, Chonburi

? Another challenge. No island.

Its Ko Chan district some 40 km east of Chonburi city.

1 hour ago, rcuthbert said:

RIP.

.....van Winkle?

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Did the outage not turn the power off?   LOL

The outage was probably caused by the pickup hitting the power pole and cutting off the power there, it would not necessarily cut off the power to the pole. 

this would have not occured if he had a medical certificate when he bought his pick up....... road safety concern by government is right

12 minutes ago, Matreusse said:

The outage was probably caused by the pickup hitting the power pole and cutting off the power there, it would not necessarily cut off the power to the pole. 

I would have thought that the downing of the pole would have caused both electricity in and out to be cut off. But better to be safe than sorry.

That's making a meal of it.  Just hitting the power pole should have been enough. But a house, power pole AND and roti stall is just making damn sure, I guess.

6 hours ago, polpott said:

Took out a power pole, a roti stand and a water main in one movement. Cool, that's 20 points on GTA.

"One hundred and eighty!!" ???? 

No chance it was during the witching hour and he was drunk and had a microsleep now possibly.  RIP to the deceased, and hopefully he was already deceased because of a medical issue prior to the accident and not unseatbelted sustaining blunt force trauma, or electrocution.  Must of been a shower of sparks and with water running made it hard for rescuers to get to the vehicle until the power was all turned off.

I respect this man. He saved many lives that could be lost in future by sacrificing his own life.

RIP

Good to see the driving is back to normal in Thailand Wait till Songkran There will be even more spectacular accidents

46 minutes ago, Happyman567 said:

Good to see the driving is back to normal in Thailand Wait till Songkran There will be even more spectacular accidents

If anything it is 'the new normal'.... with less traffic about there is more speeding and racing around and going in the wrong direction going on. Add into the mix the flood of those awful Bangkok drivers startled into heavy footedness by a clear bit of road ahead of them. It was all safer when stationary. 

A lesson to Thais,  to avoid hitting stuff, use the big pedal in the middle.

18 hours ago, polpott said:

Took out a power pole, a roti stand and a water main in one movement. Cool, that's 20 points on GTA.

3 strikes and you're out.

17 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

No brakes.

No brains.

19 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

No brakes.

never mind the house,powerpole and water main that killed him it was the ROTI stand that got him !!

To do that amount of damage he must have been driving at high speed and wildly. 

Serious question, has anyone seen a policeman lately or are they all in Bangkok beating up students?

21 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

No brakes.

No brain more than likely

The power poles win - again!!!

Off topic removed

Hope the house makes a speedy recovery.

On 2/14/2021 at 7:36 AM, wavodavo said:

never mind the house,powerpole and water main that killed him it was the ROTI stand that got him !!

How come the gas bottle didn't explode?