Khon Kaen: Missing insurance ladies found dead in submerged pick-up

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Two ladies who sold insurance and who had been missing since June 23rd have been found dead. 

 

They were in a submerged pick-up in a klong in the Ban Nayom area of Nam Pong district in Khon Kaen in the north east of Thailand. 

 

Arunrat,52, had been driving the Toyota Revo that had been reported missing. In the passenger seat was 55 year old Nicha. 

 

Initial investigations revealed they had died from lack of oxygen. There were no injuries on the bodies and all their possessions were intact. 

 

The ladies had been to collect insurance premiums and had last been seen at a som tam restaurant where they stayed from 2 pm to 8.30 pm. 

 

A Facebook appeal was launched after they failed to return home. 

 

Nam Pong police said it looked like an accident noting that the driver may have been unfamiliar with the road that was unlit. 

 

Tire marks were found on the road. 

 

They are inclined to rule out murder in the case though investigations continue. 

 

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[Surelynot]

I wonder if they were insured?

[sanuk711]

Six and half hours eating Som-tam.....

 

What a horrible way to go,  a friend of mine has a phobia about electric windows & going into water, he even carries a special metal punch in case it ever happens to him.

 

[2long]

6.5 hours in a som tam restaurant? Dare I presume that they may have had a few glasses of beer, which may have been the cause of driving from the road to a canal? Before everyone jumps on my back, 'initial investigations revealed they died from a lack of oxygen' which is pretty obvious considering they'd been underwater for a week!

[4MyEgo]

40 minutes ago, webfact said:

and had last been seen at a som tam restaurant where they stayed from 2 pm to 8.30 pm. 

 

Perhaps one too many RIP

[billd766]

3 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Six and half hours eating Som-tam.....

 

What a horrible way to go,  a friend of mine has a phobia about electric windows & going into water, he even carries a special metal punch in case it ever happens to him.

 

You can actually but a device called a seat belt cutter and a widow breaker.

 

 

[trainman34014]

32 minutes ago, billd766 said:

You can actually but a device called a seat belt cutter and a widow breaker.

 

 

Never seen one fo sale in Thailand but could be wrong ?

[Russell17au]

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Never seen one fo sale in Thailand but could be wrong ?

You can get one on Lazada without any problems. I used to use mine in Australia quite a bit as a member of a rescue squad. People involved in an accident and trapped in the car it is easy to break the window and cut the seat belt and get them out especially if the car is starting to burn.

Edited July 2, 2021 by Russell17au

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Six and half hours eating Som-tam.....

 

What a horrible way to go,  a friend of mine has a phobia about electric windows & going into water, he even carries a special metal punch in case it ever happens to him.

 

Gotta be done properly.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Never seen one fo sale in Thailand but could be wrong ?

I remembered them from the UK but found them again on Lazada.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, billd766 said:

You can actually but a device called a seat belt cutter and a widow breaker.

 

 

Let me try again.

 

You can actually but a device called a seat belt cutter and a widow breaker. Should read 

 

You can actually buy a device called a seat belt cutter and a window breaker.

 

I have no idea why I wrote the first sentence the way I did.  

 

 

 

[hioctane]

20 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Six and half hours eating Som-tam.....

 

What a horrible way to go,  a friend of mine has a phobia about electric windows & going into water, he even carries a special metal punch in case it ever happens to him.

 

 

Electric windows are actually waterproof and will still function underwater. Worse case, open the door when the vehicle is fully submerged. Sadly, they probably didn’t know this. 

 

[Damrongsak]

On 7/2/2021 at 5:49 AM, Russell17au said:

You can get one on Lazada without any problems. I used to use mine in Australia quite a bit as a member of a rescue squad. People involved in an accident and trapped in the car it is easy to break the window and cut the seat belt and get them out especially if the car is starting to burn.

At least in the U.S., many newer cars have side windows that are laminated like the front windshield.  They don't shatter into pieces like the old ones.

[OneMoreFarang]

On 7/3/2021 at 6:38 AM, hioctane said:

Worse case, open the door when the vehicle is fully submerged.

As far as I know that is (nearly?) impossible because of all that water pressure.

[steven100]

6.5 hours on the p-iss .....   selling insurance all next week to the god knows who .... 

then an accident on the way home ..... down in the Klong.  Was their insurance payed up    ?