Video: Truck piles through red light into female trader in pick-up - two injured, shops destroyed

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV from a couple of angles published by Daily News showed the middle of the night moment when a ten wheel truck collided with a pick-up that was turning right.

 

Pakorn, 32, driving the Ubon registered truck had gone through a red light.

 

Janthara, 49, a female trader was on her way home and turning right on green in her Mitsubishi.

 

Both drivers were severely injured. 

 

Pakorn lost control of the truck and plowed into a motorcycle dealership and a loans' office by the side of the road. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The accident happened at 3 am on Route 24 in Nang Rong district of Buriram in Thailand's north eastern region.

 

Nang Rong police are investigating. 

 

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[canopus1969]

Manslaughter and jail time for that

[jvs]

6 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Manslaughter and jail time for that

No one died?

 

[keith101]

4 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Manslaughter and jail time for that

Both drivers were severely injured. What's the manslaughter charge for if nobody died or did you just not read the post as so many dont and just want to make a baseless comment .

[Rampant Rabbit]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pakorn, 32, driving the Ubon registered truck had gone through a red light

Nuff  said, typical MORON at the wheel. Always  good  to  play "what's the excuse this  time"  though.

[edwinchester]

Truck driver needs to be jailed for ignoring a red light like that. Pickup driver needs to be told a simple look across the junction would have showed her the truck bearing down on her.

[Rampant Rabbit]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

Nang Rong police are investigating. 

How  much they can screw  out of the lorry  company?

[kotsak]

Per TIT textbook procedure, blame everything else besides yourself..

[Boomer6969]

Sad, but why does the guy at the end of the clip have some blue cloth over his face?

[RobMuir]

10 minutes ago, kotsak said:

Per TIT textbook procedure, blame everything else besides yourself..

Per TVF textbook procedure.

 

Make something up to Thaibash. 

 

Who is blaming "everything else"?

 

I hope both drivers make a speedy and full recovery.

[RichardColeman]

25 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

How  much they can screw  out of the lorry  company?

Far less than if a farang did it !

[Rampant Rabbit]

14 minutes ago, RobMuir said:

Per TVF textbook procedure.

 

Make something up to Thaibash. 

 

Who is blaming "everything else"?

 

I hope both drivers make a speedy and full recovery.

I  only  wish one of them does!

[WineOh]

I see this kind of thing every day.

Or at least the aftermath of a severe accident.

 

When will they ever learn??

[tifino]

can't wait to view The ReEnactment!!  

 - though it may need a whole new Blazing Saddles town to accomodate the stage event 

[Dmaxdan]

This is why one should still always look when turning or proceeding on a green light. You should never, ever assume it is safe to proceed without checking first! 

[darksidedog]

Back home that would be reckless driving by the lorry and driving with undue care and attention for the pick up.

Green does not mean go. It means proceed with caution, a fact many in Thailand are blithely unaware of, and which would have saved the lady had she had the sense to check if her path was clear. Moron of the day award goes to the truck driver though, who really should get jail time for that.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, canopus1969 said:

Manslaughter and jail time for that

Manslaughter?  Why?  Did someone die?

[OneeyedJohn]

I'm gonna stop jumping the lights in my village. Forgotten how many idiots abound in Thailand. Good wake up call - thanks.

 

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, kotsak said:

Per TIT textbook procedure, blame everything else besides yourself..

Who, are you claiming, has blamed who in this case?  Neither driver has been reported as blaming anyone else.

[Liverpool Lou]

9 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Back home that would be reckless driving by the lorry and driving with undue care and attention for the pick up.

"...driving with undue care [sic]and attention for the pick up".

 

If "back home" is the UK, a "driving without due care and attention" charge would be highly unlikely.

[tifino]

16 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Who, are you claiming, has blamed who in this case?   Neither driver has been reported as blaming anyone else.

maybe neither can speak yet? 

[worgeordie]

The other lorry driver seen the lights and stopped correctly,

the other crazy driver was going to fast to stop, he was one

of those " I think I can make it ", traffic lights and railway crossings,

no mention of "Brake failure", that might come later ????

 

regards Worgeordie

[jaiyen]

Same old scenario.  Neither driver was paying attention and looking. Why would you turn right in front of a speeding truck ?

[NE1]

These telephones need an app to tell them when it is safe to proceed while driving......

[Megasin1]

wow, I never realised until now the high percentage of Thais that must be sporting a tracheostomy. They should set up a committee to get those numbers under control !

[johnnytuc]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...driving with undue care [sic]and attention for the pick up".

 

If "back home" is the UK, a "driving without due care and attention" charge would be highly unlikely.

Why ??

[Liverpool Lou]

46 minutes ago, johnnytuc said:

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...driving with undue care [sic]and attention for the pick up".

 

If "back home" is the UK, a "driving without due care and attention" charge would be highly unlikely.

Why ??

You do realise that I'm referring to the pickup driver with the lights in her favour, not the driver of the truck careering through the red light, yes?

[dunroaming]

3 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Truck driver needs to be jailed for ignoring a red light like that. Pickup driver needs to be told a simple look across the junction would have showed her the truck bearing down on her.

If you jail every Thai driver who jumps a red light then there would be virtually no one left on the roads.  That would certainly help the accident level but make the prisons a little overcrowded. 

[itsari]

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

Both drivers were severely injured. What's the manslaughter charge for if nobody died or did you just not read the post as so many dont and just want to make a baseless comment .

You are correct what you say . If the driver in the pick up truck doing the u turn dies then you are wrong . I certainly hope she survives . But when driving do not take green for gospel

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Truck driver needs to be jailed for ignoring a red light like that. Pickup driver needs to be told a simple look across the junction would have showed her the truck bearing down on her.

Agreed, that trucker needs to be out of harms way for a year or two.