snoop1130 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The scene of the accident this morning (Sept 15). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: A Ukrainian woman was killed and three other people were injured after an ice delivery truck spun out of control on Thepkrasattri Rd this morning (Sept 15). The truck, a converted pickup truck with a ‘cold box’ fitted on the back, crossed the central reservation and ploughed head-on into oncoming traffic on the other side of the road. Lt Chanita Boonyanuwat of the Thalang Police was called to the scene, on the southbound lanes of Thepkrasattri Rd in front of Wat Tha Ruea, in Srisoonthorn, just before 7:30am. Police together with Kusoldharm rescue workers arrived to find a calamity of an accident scene. Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/ukrainian-woman-killed-as-ice-delivery-pickup-wipes-out-81411.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-09-15 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toofarnorth Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 Pouring rain , pickup out of control .............nothing new here then. 12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, toofarnorth said: Pouring rain , pickup out of control .............nothing new here then. Pesky wet roads, thank god a total idiot wasnt at the wheel......oh 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 The Ice Man Cometh....... Pretty sure these are not refrigerated, as the all the drivers of these vans drive like maniacs. I guess they are under pressure not to let the ice melt. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 Theerawat told police that it was raining while he was driving on the northbound lane of the road. He overtook another pickup truck, a manoeuvre that saw him lose control of the ice delivery truck he was driving Says it all, sadly hell be back out today doing EXACTLY the same thing.....over and over and over 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post saakura Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) Sad, very sad. She was just 30 years old and not even riding on the same side or direction. Life wiped out in a moment. RIP, and hope some young child has not lost a mother. Edited September 15, 2021 by saakura 27 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapcanuck Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 RIP to the unfortunate lady. Was she in one of the cars or on the motorcycle? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liverpool Lou Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, cheapcanuck said: RIP to the unfortunate lady. Was she in one of the cars or on the motorcycle? Don't want to spoil it for you, there is a link. 5 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tanomazu Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 Goes to show how dangerous scooters are. Had the Ukrainian woman rented a car instead she'd be alive. 4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I wonder if the owner of the company will compensate the family of the deceased in a meaningful amount ? I wont hold my breath 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Geoffggi Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Theerawat told police that it was raining while he was driving on the northbound lane of the road. He overtook another pickup truck, a manoeuvre that saw him lose control of the ice delivery truck he was driving One of the problems with these so called ice-trucks is they get overloaded, they seem to forget or not realise that water (or frozen water in this case) is heavy, you see it every day with overloaded trucks such as these or motorbike with sidecars heavily overloaded and difficult to control. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatOilWorker Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 Speeding again... CCTV footage showed that the ice delivery truck was travelling at speed on the wet road and had swerved to avoid colliding with a white pickup truck that had just made a U-turn. The CCTV footage showed that at slower speeds the ice delivery truck would have had ample time to avoid any collision with the white pickup that had just completed the U-turn. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Then again, it could have been worse. LINE_MOVIE_1631747493069.mp4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seismic Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 13 hours ago, Will B Good said: The Ice Man Cometh....... Pretty sure these are not refrigerated, as the all the drivers of these vans drive like maniacs. I guess they are under pressure not to let the ice melt. Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post beechbum Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Seismic said: Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that? That's because he's assuming it wasn't and he's more than likely correct. JAFO! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lesmac Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 Causing a death by reckless driving, He should go straight to jail followed by a 10 year ban but he's probably out driving again today and until Thailand gets tougher on this it will continue 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post animalmagic Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said: Speeding again... CCTV footage showed that the ice delivery truck was travelling at speed on the wet road and had swerved to avoid colliding with a white pickup truck that had just made a U-turn. The CCTV footage showed that at slower speeds the ice delivery truck would have had ample time to avoid any collision with the white pickup that had just completed the U-turn. Fully agree, but it also seemed from the video I saw on the news this morning that the driver did not attempt to slow down in the slightest but simply moved the steering wheel sharply to change lanes. With an unstable load like ice, which will not be 'tied down', that will cause the weight to shift rapidly from one side to another and the rear wheels to lose grip before the pickup spins off as happened. Moronic driving of the highest order. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peterphuket Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, lesmac said: Causing a death by reckless driving, He should go straight to jail followed by a 10 year ban but he's probably out driving again today and until Thailand gets tougher on this it will continue When that happens, it will be very quiet on the road. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Theerawat told police that it was raining while he was driving on the northbound lane of the road. He overtook another pickup truck, a manoeuvre that saw him lose control of the ice delivery truck he was driving Says it all, sadly hell be back out today doing EXACTLY the same thing.....over and over and over Yesterday I had to tell a driver to slow down. Heading to Phuket Airport, it had been raining all morning, roads very wet, the grass on the central reservation had be cut, grass was all over the right most lane. The right most lane also had plenty of puddles. None of this prevented the driver from attempting to overtake another car which was already travelling at a reasonable speed. The driver appeared not to recognise any hazard in overtaking another car into puddled water with grass cuttings all over the wet road. Some of these idiots simply do not recognise or have any comprehension of the dangers. Even after an accident they can’t accept fault and blame a ‘wet road’... Utter morons. In this case (of the article) a lady has lost her life because of an utter idiot. People need to be jailed for their carless actions. This is not an accident. That the driver did not indent to hurt anyone doesn’t make it an accident, it makes the driver negligent, it makes the driver a ‘dangerous driver’. Driver need to start facing the consequences of their actions so that ‘other drivers’ learn that their actions have consequences and moderate their behaviour accordingly. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 CCTV footage showed that the ice delivery truck was travelling at speed on the wet road and had swerved to avoid colliding with a white pickup truck that had just made a U-turn. And there you have it. The three things that cause most accidents in Thailand condensed into one sentence. What could possibly go wrong. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 14 minutes ago, Peterphuket said: When that happens, it will be very quiet on the road. Oh really maybe you have no clue how many Thais are on the road or are thinking that there ar far more then 30k deaths in traffic a year. Even if you assume that each accident involves 2 people and each accident its the fault of the surviving side you will only remove around 30k drivers. That is a drip compared to the number of drivers. Not denying that it would help but your overstating things a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 14 hours ago, Tanomazu said: Goes to show how dangerous scooters are. Had the Ukrainian woman rented a car instead she'd be alive. Yes it does show that and guess what i own a car and a scooter I use the scooter far more. I know its dangerous but it just has too many other advantages. Cars might be ok in the boonies but not in cities with motorbikes / scooters will save you at least 70% of time and frustration. To each his or her own I would not do it any other way. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nausea Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Riding a bike here is akin to indulging in an extreme sport. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeff Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Seismic said: Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that? "The truck, a converted pickup truck with a ‘cold box’ fitted on the back..." Not clear whether the "cold box" was "refrigerated" or just "insulated", but presumably it was one of those enclosures with thick silver walls that are fitted onto trucks delivering chilled or frozen goods. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Seismic said: Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that? It is an ice delivery truck. I am guessing that in this climate ice tends to have quite a short life time and these trucks are too small (and cheap) to refrigerate their goods. Hence the JOKE they have to drive like maniacs...(before it melts....yes?) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsh Jones Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Is there a lot of 30 year old Ukrainian women in Phuket ? I wonder what she did. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 At the market yesterday, I was chatting with a lady selling jeans, when a lady just drove up to park inside the market, on the phone. I pointed out that this type of dangerous foolishness is made legitimate and legal, due to the inaction of police on the roads. I told her that in my country, people would tell her straight that what she is doing is illegal, dangerous and reckless, and endangers people, and particularly kids playing close by. I was telling her that it was strange that there is no pressure from society to stop this behavior. And, priceless, she replied that if anyone dared to condemn this behavior, they would be the ones considered as bad people... Looks like if it is not someone shooting people on the sidewalk while driving, then it must be ok... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Andre0720 said: At the market yesterday, I was chatting with a lady selling jeans, when a lady just drove up to park inside the market, on the phone. I pointed out that this type of dangerous foolishness is made legitimate and legal, due to the inaction of police on the roads. I told her that in my country, people would tell her straight that what she is doing is illegal, dangerous and reckless, and endangers people, and particularly kids playing close by. I was telling her that it was strange that there is no pressure from society to stop this behavior. And, priceless, she replied that if anyone dared to condemn this behavior, they would be the ones considered as bad people... Looks like if it is not someone shooting people on the sidewalk while driving, then it must be ok... Sounds about right......not allowed to admonish anyone for anything...bad form, plus you might get stabbed or shot. Wife goes ballistic if I start to kick off about anything......she is mortified. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Andre0720 said: At the market yesterday, I was chatting with a lady selling jeans, when a lady just drove up to park inside the market, on the phone. I pointed out that this type of dangerous foolishness is made legitimate and legal, due to the inaction of police on the roads. I told her that in my country, people would tell her straight that what she is doing is illegal, dangerous and reckless, and endangers people, and particularly kids playing close by. I was telling her that it was strange that there is no pressure from society to stop this behavior. And, priceless, she replied that if anyone dared to condemn this behavior, they would be the ones considered as bad people... Looks like if it is not someone shooting people on the sidewalk while driving, then it must be ok... What country are you from ? While in my country the police would take action maybe some people would take videos for proof but not many would go for the direct confrontation as that can end not well. This is in the Netherlands its not that violent over there but road rage does happen and people have been killed and beat up after commenting over the driving of a car. I would think there are not many countries where the people would actively engage others on their driving out of the risk for violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, robblok said: What country are you from ? While in my country the police would take action maybe some people would take videos for proof but not many would go for the direct confrontation as that can end not well. This is in the Netherlands its not that violent over there but road rage does happen and people have been killed and beat up after commenting over the driving of a car. I would think there are not many countries where the people would actively engage others on their driving out of the risk for violence. Driving through the Netherlands last year. A car in the middle lane forced the car behind to stop, then all four occupants of the car in front got out to confront the driver.....and this was in very fast moving traffic. Really scary. Edited September 16, 2021 by Will B Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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