Phuket: Five-car pile-up in Darasamut Underpass

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Five-car pile-up in Darasamut Underpass

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Jongpit Thonglangphra

 

PHUKET: All drivers and passengers in four cars and a pickup truck luckily escaped any serious injuries in a pile-up involving a 22-wheeled truck and trailer while exiting the Darasamut Underpass last yesterday afternoon (Mar 3).

 

Wichit Police were called to the scene, in the southbound exit lane just north of the intersection to Naka Temple, at about 4:10pm.

 

At the scene officers found a 22-wheeled truck and trailer had struck the back of a small white hatchback. The collision started a chain reaction, with four other cars rammed into each other, and one black pickup truck pivoted across the lane with its tailgate resting on a station wagon that had ploughed through the concrete divider separating oncoming traffic.

 

Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/five-car-pile-up-in-darasamut-underpass-79229.php

 

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[canopus1969]

Lucky they all had good insurance 

[mr_lob]

brake failure?

[trainman34014]

Just another normal day on Thai roads.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

Lucky they all had good insurance 

But a lack of observation.

[Venom]

How did they manage that? The speed limit is less than 50 kph through that underpass and they still manage to have a pileup? Incredible, any slower and they will be going backwards. ????

[thurien]

3 hours ago, mr_lob said:

brake failure?

 

worse: Sudden, unexpected sun beams when emerging from underpass...

[stevenl]

16 hours ago, Venom said:

How did they manage that? The speed limit is less than 50 kph through that underpass and they still manage to have a pileup? Incredible, any slower and they will be going backwards. ????

No, speedlimit there is not less than 50 kph.

[Venom]

On 3/5/2021 at 12:40 PM, stevenl said:

No, speedlimit there is not less than 50 kph.

Well then, what's the speed limit? 

[stevenl]

5 hours ago, Venom said:

Well then, what's the speed limit? 

50 kmh