Thailand road carnage: Four innocent people dead in pick-up after car rips off their roof - microsleep blamed

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

An horrific road accident in the early hours of Thursday morning on Mitraphap (Friendship) highway left four entirely innocent people dead.

 

Sung Noen police and rescue services attended the scene in the Ban Kutjik area where they found a four door blue Ford pick-up with its roof shorn off. 

 

Inside were four victims with massive head trauma. These were the driver Damrong, 47, and Kotchakorn, 23, a front seat passenger. Both were from Chainat province.

 

In the back were two ladies Suphanuch, 48, and Pornthipha, 24, from Khon Kaen. 

 

Nearby was a Chevrolet car that had come to rest on its roof after multiple flips. The driver Chanachai, 33, was unconscious and taken to Sung Noen hospital, reported Daily News. 

 

The car had been heading to the Mitraphap Highway when it appears the driver fell asleep at the wheel at a bend, flew over a divider and onto the roof of the approaching pick-up that was in the left lane of the highway.

 

The Chevrolet had been driven from Ban Kutjik and was bound for Nakhon Ratchasima, the Ford came from Saraburi and was bound for Khon Kaen. 

 

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[kotsak]

micro-brain blamed would be more correct..

[colinneil]

Load of b####cks, micro sleep is being being championed as cause of accidents, not brake failure anymore.

Crazy driving was too blame, nothing else, notice it says..... Appears driver fell asleep, not he was driving far too fast and lost control.

R.I.P. to the poor innocent people, who lost their lives due to a bloody crazy driver.

[realfunster]

An horrific accident, even by local standards.

 

Rinse & repeat....

 

[Phuketshrew]

This is definitely in the "Scary driving" category. 400 baht fine.

[Andrew45]

"on its roof after multiple flips." Of course speeding.

[Excel]

28 minutes ago, Andrew45 said:

"on its roof after multiple flips." Of course speeding.

10 7 9 8 9 7

[malibukid]

this is why its foolish to drive in the backwards country

[Paul Kernell]

4 hours ago, Excel said:

10 7 9 8 9 7

It's not funny. But light hearted comment does lift the sorrow. RIP. 

[cardinalblue]

Sounds like speeding/lost control...

 

but since image is everything in this country, let’s blame the cause on sleeping....everyone has to sleep

Edited June 4, 2021 by cardinalblue

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The car had been heading to the Mitraphap Highway when it appears the driver fell asleep at the wheel at a bend, flew over a divider and onto the roof of the approaching pick-up that was in the left lane of the highway.

How long is 4-counts of murder?

[DefaultName]

1 hour ago, malibukid said:

this is why its foolish to drive in the backwards country

You have to get from one place to another.  Are you safer with you driving, or a local?  Me, I'd rather be in control if possible.

Edited June 4, 2021 by DefaultName
Too much like Thai bashing.

[Ralf001]

Outstanding !!

[Tarteso]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

the driver fell asleep

Yawn… ????

 

 

RIP innocents.

Edited June 4, 2021 by Tarteso

[Megasin1]

31 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

You have to get from one place to another.  Are you safer with you driving, or a local?  Me, I'd rather be in control if possible.

Yep, precisely. We went to the Kings Project way up North and I was told by the family that our minivan driver couldn't negotiate the mountain climbs and so we had to transfer to specialist local pick-ups that were driven by experienced mountain drivers. We stopped for some oranges half way up and the ex went to change the nippers nappy on the back of the pick-up. Luckily I was there as the experienced mountain driver hadn't applied the handbrake and the pick-up started rolling down the mountain with my baby on board. Thais, vehicles and common sense are just 3 things that should never be used in the same sentence.

[Happyman567]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

How long is 4-counts of murder?

Lets see 200 baht for each murder 800 Baht in total

[1duckyboy]

It's not the too tired to drive driver's fault, it microsleep's fault. Amazing Thailand. 

[Bangkok Barry]

It makes no difference how carefully you drive in Thailand. Your days could be numbered through no fault of your own and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Just be aware that, every single time you leave the house, you might not return. There cannot be a single family in Thailand, not one, who doesn't know of a member killed or injured on the roads. Just the way it is, and you can do no more than hope its not your turn next.

[Joinaman]

And people on here run scared from the Covid, when things like this happen so often on the roads 

Wonder when they will bring out an untested vaccine for these idiot drivers ?

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

3 hours ago, malibukid said:

this is why its foolish to drive in the backwards country

 

Electing not to drive won't help you. All you have to do is be walking or sitting near a road.

[fantom]

This is many things, but one thing it is not, it is not an "accident "

[connda]

9 hours ago, colinneil said:

Load of b####cks, micro sleep is being being championed as cause of accidents, not brake failure anymore.

Crazy driving was too blame, nothing else, notice it says..... Appears driver fell asleep, not he was driving far too fast and lost control.

R.I.P. to the poor innocent people, who lost their lives due to a bloody crazy driver.

You've nailed it!  Kudos!
It pisses me off that Thai officials make up excuses for those responsible for vehicular homicide.  It's probably less paperwork then filing serious charges. 

[Freigeist365]

RIP to the four victims and condolences to family and friends... May Mr. Chanachai receive ample punishment when he's due to face our creator after living a long life, hopefully eternally bound to a wheelchair and the need to wear diapers 24/7...

[scammed]

15 hours ago, kotsak said:

micro-brain blamed would be more correct..

it has happen to me when i was working long ago

in 12 hour shifts, my eyes would start taking pics rather than a continuous movie, and one time i managed to sleep through an entire minor city, luckily that road was straight

[richard_smith237]

No one has questioned the quality of barriers / central divisions between roads yet.

 

Is that not also a facet or road safety on these highways ???? How did the car of the oncoming ‘microsleeper’ cross the median ???

 

Maybe Thailand needs to apply a little ‘nanny state’ mentality after all...

 

 

 

 

Edited June 4, 2021 by richard_smith237

[NoshowJones]

16 hours ago, Megasin1 said:

Yep, precisely. We went to the Kings Project way up North and I was told by the family that our minivan driver couldn't negotiate the mountain climbs and so we had to transfer to specialist local pick-ups that were driven by experienced mountain drivers. We stopped for some oranges half way up and the ex went to change the nippers nappy on the back of the pick-up. Luckily I was there as the experienced mountain driver hadn't applied the handbrake and the pick-up started rolling down the mountain with my baby on board. Thais, vehicles and common sense are just 3 things that should never be used in the same sentence.

"Thais, vehicles and common sense are just 3 things that should never be used in the same sentence."

This is so very true, no way of getting away from it.

[Damrongsak]

On 6/4/2021 at 4:44 AM, Megasin1 said:

 ...  specialist local pick-ups that were driven by experienced mountain drivers. ...

In Thai, that means the drivers who had already driven off the side of a mountain road a couple times and lived.  Once they get used to it, they can get to the bottom a lot faster and it saves wear & tear on the brakes.  Never mind wear on the shock absorbers, they were already shot.