Pattaya driver flees after crashing his pickup truck into a motorbike sidecar, one person dead, one young girl seriously injured

[snoop1130]

 

An unidentified male driver has fled after he crashed his pickup truck into a motorbike sidecar leading to one person’s death and one young girl sustaining serious injuries in Banglamung early this morning (January 3rd).

 

Emergency responders were notified of the accident at 3:00 A.M. on a road near a railway in Huay Yai.

 

They and The Pattaya News arrived at the scene to find a middle-aged woman who was unconscious. She was taken to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead upon arrival.  The injured person was a young girl who had sustained serious injuries. She was taken to a local hospital for urgent medical assistance. The names or relationships of the two were not released by emergency responders pending notification of friends and family.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/01/03/pattaya-driver-flees-after-crashing-his-pickup-truck-into-a-motorbike-sidecar-one-person-dead-one-young-girl-seriously-injured/

 

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[Mr Meeseeks]

What a cowardly act.

[Asquith Production]

Fleeing from an accident without a lawful reason should have a mandatory prison sentence.

[Tropposurfer]

Poor motocy folks RIP ???????????? Do not pass go go directly to jail. Take a look at the damage !

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

An unidentified male driver has fled after he crashed his pickup truck into a motorbike sidecar leading to one person’s death and one young girl sustaining serious injuries in Banglamung early this morning (January 3rd)

Find him, charge him with manslaughter... 

[BestB]

Most likely a drunk, will surrender today evening or tomorrow claiming he panicked.

[mikebell]

6 minutes ago, BestB said:

Most likely a drunk, will surrender today evening or tomorrow claiming he panicked.

He'll be at his mother's.

'What a cowardly act.' Standard Thai practice; flee and deny. Never accept any responsibility for wrongdoing.

[Cake Monster]

10 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

What a cowardly act.

But all to often happens in Thailand

[Bangkok Barry]

37 minutes ago, mikebell said:

He'll be at his mother's.

'What a cowardly act.' Standard Thai practice; flee and deny. Never accept any responsibility for wrongdoing.

In around 26 years living here I've only once seen a Thai take responsibility, when his dog ran out and bit me and he took me to a clinic and paid the bill.

[CLW]

Generalization but mostly true. Lowered pickup with wide wheels. Modified for racing lol. Means zero brain cells for the driver. I see these idiots everyday on the road. Forgot to add the removed catalytic converter and spewing black smoke. In any other country the police would have a feast catching and punishing those drivers. Here it's just sit and do nothing from the inactive police force

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

In around 26 years living here I've only once seen a Thai take responsibility, when his dog ran out and bit me and he took me to a clinic and paid the bill.

When a Thais dog ran down an embankment and across the road chasing a cat, it ran directly into the side of my M/C bowling me over, when I got up, the Thai family who had been sitting up in their garden, had disappeared and hid inside their house. 

[giddyup]

2 hours ago, BestB said:

Most likely a drunk, will surrender today evening or tomorrow claiming he panicked.

Had a prominent lawyer do the same thing in Adelaide (Australia) after killing a cyclist whilst drunk. Never spent a day in jail and still practicing law.

[brianthainess]

This guy running off, without checking on the victims, and no doubt pished up, was awful, BUT there were no lights front or rear on the sidecar as is pretty normal here. Condolences to the victims family.

 

[richard_smith237]

Speeding pick-up.

3am - drunk driver.

No lights on motorcycle/sidecar.

 

All guesses of course - all very probable given the experience of Thailand. 

 

Guy escaping.....  why not? everyone else does. Until escaping the scene comes with an charge which is more serious than a DUI etc people will continued to do so without fear of any consequence. 

 

Let's face it - if anyone is involved in an accident and is under the influence, they can simply run away and come back 24 hours later telling the police they were scared the locals would assault them. 

 

 

The tolerance for such actions and behaviour really highlight how uncivilised Thailand is sometimes. 

 

While their facet of being generally non-confrontational makes Thai’s a very endearing people to live amongst, this very same facet lends to horrific errors or even absence of judgement and social responsibility - this latter facet really is a shame. 

 

[Harveyboy]

59 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

When a Thais dog ran down an embankment and across the road chasing a cat, it ran directly into the side of my M/C bowling me over, when I got up, the Thai family who had been sitting up in their garden, had disappeared and hid inside their house. 

yep..if a dog bites you here its no ones dog ..but you run it over and just see how many owners the dog has . money money..

[BestB]

as bad as it sounds, but if he was drunk it is actually a good thing he did the runner because now insurance will pay. If he was caught and was drunk, all insurance is void. At least family will get some payout from insurance as highly unlikely driver has any to pay. this is of course under the assumption he has insurance 

[IvorBiggun2]

Whether the car driver was intoxicated or not I feel neither road user should have been on the road. First and foremost the car driver shouldn't have ran. Secondly the motorcyclist may well have been drunk as well. Women do drink and drive. We won't know until the full story comes out. But chances are at 3 am the motorcyclist may well have been drinking. Plus, we'll never know, that if the motorcyclist hadn't been injured as badly as she was that she too would have done a runner. It does happen. Keystone cops style.

As far as I'm concerned these motorcycles, with an home made attachment welded to the motorcycle side should all be banned off the roads. They're a serious hazzard on Thai roads. No insurance for a start, not even 3rd party. Not mechanically sound and never checked to see if it's road worthy, which I guarantee it won't be. Tail lights on the actual motorcycle were probably not working and be none existent on the side cor attached

So I think the lynch mob that precedes my post should hang back until all facts have been established.

[IvorBiggun2]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

At least family will get some payout

Why? She was in/on a homemade vehicle that wasn't fit for its roll. She shouldn't have been out on it.

Plus if the car driver was drunk then he too shouldn't have been driving.

Edited January 4, 2022 by IvorBiggun2

[rudi49jr]

14 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

What a cowardly act.

Exactly, the lowest of the low. Happens more and more often in my country as well, people causing accidents and then doing a runner, probably because they are drunk or high on dope, leaving (seriously) injured victims behind. The law needs to become a lot harsher for scum like this, or people who kill someone while driving drunk, high or playing/texting on their phones.

[IvorBiggun2]

5 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

The law needs to become a lot harsher for scum like this, or people who kill someone while driving drunk, high or playing/texting on their phones.

In this case we still don't know the full facts. No proof as to which driver had been drinking.

Edited January 4, 2022 by IvorBiggun2

[rudi49jr]

4 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Why? She was in/on a homemade vehicle that wasn't fit for its roll. She shouldn't have been out on it.

Jeez dude, show a little empathy. That woman is dead now, the little girl seriously injured, and you sit there on your high horse passing judgement? Has it ever occurred to you that many people in Thailand are poor and can not afford to buy ‘proper’ vehicles, so they are forced to fabricate things themselves in order to make living? Has it ever occurred to you that, instead of being drunk, like you implied, she was maybe on the way to the market or something at 3 AM? 

[IvorBiggun2]

10 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Jeez dude, show a little empathy. That woman is dead now, the little girl seriously injured,

Who the heck takes a small child out at 3am on a badly lit vehicle with no insurance? And you expect sympathy from me?

 

10 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Has it ever occurred to you that many people in Thailand are poor and can not afford to buy ‘proper’ vehicles

If you can't afford a 'proper vehicle' then you shouldn't be on the 'proper' road. Simple innit?

 

10 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Has it ever occurred to you that, instead of being drunk, like you implied, she was maybe on the way to the market or something at 3 AM? 

Speculation.

Edited January 4, 2022 by IvorBiggun2

[rudi49jr]

Just now, IvorBiggun2 said:

Who takes a small child out at 3am on a badly lit vehicle with no inurance and you expect sympathy from me?

 

If you can't afford a 'proper vehicle' then you shouldn't be on the road. Simple innit?

 

Speculation.

You really don’t get it, do you? Must be so nice to hold the moral high ground and always be right.

[Joe Farang]

21 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

 

So I think the lynch mob that precedes my post should hang back until all facts have been established.

Everyone should hang back until all facts have been established......Except you, because you're special

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

14 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Why? She was in/on a homemade vehicle that wasn't fit for its roll. She shouldn't have been out on it.

Jeez dude, show a little empathy. That woman is dead now, the little girl seriously injured, and you sit there on your high horse passing judgement? Has it ever occurred to you that many people in Thailand are poor and can not afford to buy ‘proper’ vehicles, so they are forced to fabricate things themselves in order to make living? Has it ever occurred to you that, instead of being drunk, like you implied, she was maybe on the way to the market or something at 3 AM? 

 

The realities of life are tough.... 

 

Empathy and sympathies aside, there would be far fewer road deaths if the vehicles were road worthy at a basic level which is not costly. 

 

Did the vehicle even have rear lights ????   

 

 

It's very easy to jump over IvorBiggun2’s harsh comments but there is an element of reality and nearly always a common element in the lack of safety consideration when such events occur. 

 

I’m astonished at the amount of motorcycles I see at night without rear lights.

When out in the countryside I’m astonished at the amount of vehicles (roadworthy or otherwise) at night without lights. 

 

How many of us have so very nearly hit some sort of farm vehicle, samlor, motorcycle, beaten up old pickup at night on very dark country roads - the only thing that saved impact was heightened concentration and the sight of a slight flicker giving pause....  ‘what is that?’.... its usually a CD tied to the back of some contraption. 

 

 

When on very dark roads at night people also have a responsibility to make their presence known to other road users, its astonishing how many people do not recognise this basic idea of safety. 

 

 

That said: IF the pick up driver was drunk and speeding, it may not have made any difference.... or could it ???? - thats the point IvorBiggun2 is making and a woman may be alive now if only she had put rear lights on her contraption. 

 

 

[taotoo]

They often driven in two lanes simultaneously, so if no lights and seen at the last second there might not have been anywhere for the pickup to go (regardless of whether he was drunk/speeding etc).

[IvorBiggun2]

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

IvorBiggun2’s harsh comments

"Harsh comments'? They weren't harsh. I should have been more harsher. Been here 16 years and Thais don't learn even when it costs someone their life. How would some posters feel at running into the rear of a homemade vehicle that should never have been there? 

Edited January 4, 2022 by IvorBiggun2

[transam]

If there were no lights on one of those things, it is an accident waiting to happen....

[IvorBiggun2]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

If there were no lights on one of those things, it is an accident waiting to happen....

Giving her, the woman, credit and she had lights, those homemade buggies should not be out on the road. 

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

"Harsh comments'? They weren't harsh. I should have been more harsher. Been here 16 years and Thais don't learn even when it costs someone their life. How would some posters feel at running into the rear of a homemade vehicle that should never have been there? 

Not necessarily homemade, there are plenty of workshops churning them out. A pity they mostly don't fit them with rear lights and reflectors etc. Driving in Thailand you have to be ready for these types of vehicles, along with 4 or 5 family members on a motorcycle.