Thailand road carnage: Driver escapes death pictured hugging dead friend in wreckage of pick-up

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

A pick-up driver told the police that everything went blank as he drove three female friends along Laem Chabang Road in Khao Khan Song sub-district of Sriracha yesterday.

 

The next thing Pongsakan, 27, knew was that his three friends were dead and that he had had a terrible accident.

 

He was pictured at the scene hugging one of his friends in the wreckage of his Isuzu D-Max. 

 

The pick-up had collided with the back of a six wheel truck that was performing a U-Turn. The truck ended up on its side.

 

The driver of the truck, Den, 44, said he was in the far left lane and was crossing the road to the far right to accomplish a U-turn when the accident happened. 

 

Dead inside the pick-up were Phanchanok, 22, in the front passenger seat, Phraewphan, 26 behind the driver and an unnamed woman about 25. 

 

They had been housemoving, said the driver.

 

Both drivers were taken into Bowin police station to get to the truth of the matter with Daily News saying that Pongsakan was tested for alcohol. 

 

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[KhunBENQ]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

he was in the far left lane and was crossing the road to the far right to accomplish a U-turn when the accident happened. 

Bloody narrow U-turns require that. There is no other chance than keeping your eyes wide open, ready to break when you see a U-turn sign.

[smedly]

very sad - another idiot driving in Thailand likely surfing FB and speeding 

 

 

RIP RIP RIP

[ttkeric]

Looking at the carnage, a slow Sunday drive it probably wasn't. RIP sadly, to the departed.

[chakatee]

52 minutes ago, smedly said:

likely surfing FB and speeding

Luckily you were there as eye witness.

Edited August 16, 2021 by chakatee

[tracker1]

That is no slow vehicle impact !

[tracker1]

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

Bloody narrow U-turns require that. There is no other chance than keeping your eyes wide open, ready to break when you see a U-turn sign.

doesn't look like a narrow road !

[sammieuk1]

Perception gene missing in Thais is the only explanation ????Rip  

[bbko]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

another idiot driving in Thailand likely surfing FB and speeding 

 

If we're going to speculate, let's include asleep, drunk, road rage, bad brakes, bad tires, faulty steering, and unlicensed driver.

[smedly]

8 minutes ago, bbko said:

If we're going to speculate, let's include asleep, drunk, road rage, bad brakes, bad tires, faulty steering, and unlicensed driver.

go for it - why not throw in the buffalo was sick

[Gottfrid]

20 minutes ago, smedly said:

put it down to education and experience - something you are lacking

Maybe he does or not. One thing we can be sure of is that you are full of arrogance.

I don´t know any Thai driver that are looking at FB while driving, and I have over 10 years of experience. How come? Are you just too unlucky?

[kcpattaya]

Sad for the needless loss of so many young lives.

[toofarnorth]

14 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Maybe he does or not. One thing we can be sure of is that you are full of arrogance.

I don´t know any Thai driver that are looking at FB while driving, and I have over 10 years of experience. How come? Are you just too unlucky?

Where I live they ride around on Honda Waves looking at their pod things , they can't go out without them they are addicted.

[BobinBKK]

24 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

I don´t know any Thai driver that are looking at FB while driving

You must not know many Thai people...

[Gold Star]

The Thai fascination with these deadly U-turns instead of turning at intersections is crazy. So many times, I have had to apply full brake to avoid someone pulling out in front of me starting a U-turn. Worse, are the large trailer trucks pulling out on a U-turn that think that their size gives them the right of way. In this case, it seems the truck must have tried a wide turn crossing in front of the Isuzu's path rather than starting the turn from the inside lane. Drive in a way that they are always trying to kill you here in every way possible, as your life here in reality is cheap and worthless. The carnage continues...

[itsari]

Speed must of been high to manage that scale of damage .

Really cant blame u turns . One drives to the condition of the roads at the time  . There are warning signs that there are u turns ahead .

Hard for the driver to live his life with any satisfaction after the death of his three friends .

[JeffersLos]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The truck ended up on its side.

How fast do you need to be going to upend a truck? 

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, tracker1 said:

doesn't look like a narrow road !

Yes, but without seeing the U-turn as such it's difficult to say how much of an effort for a big truck is it at this point. I have seen many such maneuvers where a big (trailer) truck needs all lanes on both directions to do the turn.

Of course there is a chance of negligence by the truck driver not checking approaching traffic carefully before passing the fast lane?

Edited August 16, 2021 by KhunBENQ
any -> many

[metisdead]

A post that was admittedly a bit off topic has been removed as well as the replies. 

 

Some troll posts have been removed. 

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

worst worldwide road death stats. deriving from culture. 

literally little concept of a systematic rule-based safe defensive “complete focus” driving approach.

asian fatalistic karma philosophy; only “now” matters; no loss prevention; never mind, will be reborn.

(note: certain emotional member here pissing off everybody …..again.)

[Chelseafan]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

very sad - another idiot driving in Thailand likely surfing FB and speeding 

 

 

RIP RIP RIP

 

Maybe, maybe not

Perhaps the truck driver didn't indicate and suddenly started turning

[Doctor Tom]

1 hour ago, bbko said:

If we're going to speculate, let's include asleep, drunk, road rage, bad brakes, bad tires, faulty steering, and unlicensed driver.

you missed out 'and a moron behind the wheel'. 

Edited August 16, 2021 by Doctor Tom

[cardinalblue]

Got,

 

I see motorcyclists on their phones all the time while driving…probably worse in cars hidden from view by their illegal tinted windows…

 

speed kills and my educated guess is the PU driver caused their deaths…when a semi makes a u turn, all the driver can come up with is he can’t remember - yeah b/c he wasn’t paying attention to situational awareness (at all times) and driving like he was the only one on the road…you see it every fricking day here

[Nip]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

very sad - another idiot driving in Thailand likely surfing FB and speeding 

 

 

RIP RIP RIP

The word LIKELY in your comment copper fastens its assuming stupidity. 

[IamNoone88]

Tragic. RIP young ladies.

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Bloody narrow U-turns require that. There is no other chance than keeping your eyes wide open, ready to break when you see a U-turn sign.

Should he even be attempting to do a U-Turn? Sounds like he needed 6 lanes to do it in.

[BobinBKK]

1 hour ago, Gold Star said:

The Thai fascination with these deadly U-turns instead of turning at intersections is crazy.

I would safely say that laziness has everything to do with it. These people don't do difficult and it is a must for things to be "easy easy".

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

I don´t know any Thai driver that are looking at FB while driving, and I have over 10 years of experience. How come? Are you just too unlucky?

It may not be Facebook, but I assure you many are interacting with their phones.. behind their tinted glass. They do it on motorcycles too, every Grab delivery guy does it all the time.

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, BobinBKK said:

You must not know many Thai people...

Yes, why?

[Gottfrid]

12 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

It may not be Facebook, but I assure you many are interacting with their phones.. behind their tinted glass. They do it on motorcycles too, every Grab delivery guy does it all the time.

Can the generalizing on this forum stop some time? Just because you people have seen some guys do the wrong thing, deos not mean that all are doing it. Most of the drivers, both on MC and in cars are not! Get your facts straight!