Thailand's Roads: "Drunk" truck driver kicked down by angry relative after he kills 2, injures 2

[webfact]

Picture: 77kaoded

 

There was yet more devastating carnage on the Thai roads last night - this time in the Ratchaburi area just after midnight.

 

Khaodin police arrived on the Nong Kwang to Nong Khreum road to find a ten wheel Isuzu truck on its side and its cargo of cut sugar cane all over the place. 

 

77khaoded had a picture - apparently of the truck driver - making a phone call amid the devastation. 

 

Nearby was a smashed up Toyota Tiger pick-up and a destroyed Honda wave bike in separate locations.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Two 21 year old men named Suthorn and Adirut had already been taken to hospital with injuries. 

 

Dead at the scene were a 19 year old man called Phupha and a 19 year old woman called Chutikan. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

All the victims were locals; the deceased had been with friends on motorcycles. 

 

Korawit, 26,  the driver of the truck appeared to be drunk. He said he was taking his sugar cane to a factory in Kanchanaburi and didn't see the people parked by the side of the road. 

 

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[Chivas]

Only way to stop this utter insanity is a mandatory death sentence upon proven guilty

I wouldnt levy that only on truck drivers either

[dcsw53]

Throw away the key. Lucky I was not the angry relative, I would have been done for murder. Too many of these trucks are hopelessly overloaded making stability a big issue, if he was weaving in the road the result is inevitable.
RIP to the two who lost their lives, and hoping the others make a full recovery.

[Dmaxdan]

13 minutes ago, Chivas said:

Only way to stop this utter insanity is a mandatory death sentence upon proven guilty

I wouldnt levy that only on truck drivers either

The problem is that (for the most part) these DUI accidents are not premeditated crimes.

So in my opinion, life in prison without parole would be a more fitting sentence.

 

Of course life is cheap here so none of this will ever happen.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

The problem is that (for the most part) these DUI accidents are not premeditated crimes.

The problem is that, at this stage, the suggestion that he "appeared to be drunk" is just that, a suggestion that has not been shown to be factual.  

[smedly]

The problem is that Thais have no fear driving drunk, they don't care, there is little chance of being caught and if they are caught there is no penalty severe enough to worry anyone

 

The Thai police have idea how to do or what their job is, making statements about kids using phones too much is not their business - they simply have no clue

 

here we have two more deaths at the hands of yet another drunk driver, when are hey going to waken up ?, they have more interest in raiding venues with people trying to enjoy themselves than catching drunk drivers from killing innocent people on the roads

[Chivas]

23 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

The problem is that (for the most part) these DUI accidents are not premeditated crimes.

So in my opinion, life in prison without parole would be a more fitting sentence.

 

Of course life is cheap here so none of this will ever happen.

Actually in hindsight thats a good response reference life without parole

I'd extend that obviously to car and bike drivers.

[worgeordie]

32 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The problem is that, at this stage, the suggestion that he "appeared to be drunk" is just that, a suggestion that has not been shown to be factual.  

Yes your right .....it could have been drugs , more likely blind drunk if

he did not see the people parked on the side of the road. 

regards worgeordie 

[JeffersLos]

Don't be silly.

 

There is no viable solution to Thailand's road problems. ????

[IvorBiggun2]

33 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

t could have been drugs , more likely blind drunk if

he did not see the people parked on the side of the road. 

I'd say he was driving without his headlights on. At his unshod feet you'll see in the photo a green head torch on the road in front of him. And to the right of the picture frame you will see another green head torch. Maybe his co-driver?

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by IvorBiggun2

[Ryan754326]

I don’t get it. It seems like it took no effort at all to scare the majority of Thais into complying with covid related social restrictions, face masks, and all that, but no amount of these gruesome pictures seems to be enough to get them to stop driving drunk or wear their helmets. 

Maybe tapping into their inherent xenophobia is the key; start a campaign to show them as many stories as possible about drunk driving deaths in Europe, and convince them that only irresponsible falang drive drunk. It worked with the masks! 

[worgeordie]

10 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

I'd say he was driving without his headlights on. At his unshod feet you'll see in the photo a green head torch on the road in front of him. And to the right of the picture frame you will see another green head torch. Maybe his co-driver?

 

With the overhang on the back and front of the truck , plus the height they

load those sugar cane trucks to, little wonder it fell over. , On the phone to

his boss , Hi boss I've unloaded the truck quicker than expected , just one

problem , 2 people dead ,  the boss....why did you not do a runner , I tried

but I am <deleted>. 

RIP those dead and hopefully a quick recovery to those injured.

regards Worgeordie

[Asquith Production]

42 minutes ago, Ryan754326 said:

I don’t get it. It seems like it took no effort at all to scare the majority of Thais into complying with covid related social restrictions, face masks, and all that, but no amount of these gruesome pictures seems to be enough to get them to stop driving drunk or wear their helmets. 

Maybe tapping into their inherent xenophobia is the key; start a campaign to show them as many stories as possible about drunk driving deaths in Europe, and convince them that only irresponsible falang drive drunk. It worked with the masks! 

Take them to the morgue and show the results of Drunk driving

[itsari]

2 hours ago, Chivas said:

Only way to stop this utter insanity is a mandatory death sentence upon proven guilty

I wouldnt levy that only on truck drivers either

 

2 hours ago, Chivas said:

Actually in hindsight thats a good response reference life without parole

I'd extend that obviously to car and bike drivers.

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Korawit, 26,  the driver of the truck appeared to be drunk. He said he was taking his sugar cane to a factory in Kanchanaburi and didn't see the people parked by the side of the road. 

Two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder... should keep the roads safer.

[Ryan754326]

49 minutes ago, Asquith Production said:

Take them to the morgue and show the results of Drunk driving

Why would they need to go to the morgue? The mangled bodies can be seen laying all over the road. 
I’m just a tourist, and I’ve seen a few dead bodies myself. Anyone who was born here should have plenty of first hand experience. 

[IvorBiggun2]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Korawit, 26,  the driver of the truck appeared to be drunk.

Only a blood test could prove if the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. After driving through a group of bikers and then being tossed about like a rag doll when the vehicle rolled I think I too would be in shock and walking about with the appearance of being intoxicated. The lynch mob posters that rush to condemn drivers involved in fatal road accidents need to hang back a little until the police investigation has been carried out. 

Fatal road accident reports, with endless possibilities of why the accident happened, are good topics for the forum owners to keep posters entertained. And that is all it is. Wait for the police report and then write the story containing facts not assumptions.

[Asquith Production]

1 hour ago, Ryan754326 said:

Why would they need to go to the morgue? The mangled bodies can be seen laying all over the road. 
I’m just a tourist, and I’ve seen a few dead bodies myself. Anyone who was born here should have plenty of first hand experience. 

I doubt that very much. I have been here a long time and have never see all these bodies you talk about

[Enoon]

4 hours ago, Chivas said:

Only way to stop this utter insanity is a mandatory death sentence upon proven guilty

I wouldnt levy that only on truck drivers either

Only "way" is a Thailand that has the history (and consequent present...and similar future) to the societies from which the "solutioneers", seemingly capable of delivering an infinite number of "lists" to Aseanow, hail/derive their societal models/expectations.

 

Thailand only has about 500 years worth of "key moments" to make up.

 

Or maybe it could find a "short cut"?

 

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by Enoon

[Enoon]

2 minutes ago, Asquith Production said:

I doubt that very much. I have been here a long time and have never see all these bodies you talk about

Visit a "Red Cross Fair".

 

The rescue organisations have display boards covered with photos of the dead/mangled.

 

All Thais familiar with them.

 

 

[RocketDog]

3 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

Don't be silly.

 

There is no viable solution to Thailand's road problems. ????

Agreed. I've had 5 years to witness, ponder, question, and finally admit that the road carnage here is simply endemic to a culture that considers next week the distant future and death as the proprietary will of a fictitious entity.

Nothing here will change because there is no will to do so.

[RocketDog]

Just now, Asquith Production said:

I doubt that very much. I have been here a long time and have never see all these bodies you talk about

You've been extraordinarily  lucky if you've been here as long as you imply.

 

I witnessed a kid on a motorcy run into a truck only meters from  bar I was sitting at in the first six months I was here. I didn't have get close to know he was dead.

I've also passed many accidents on the road but didn't stop to count bodies.

 

[Asquith Production]

2 minutes ago, Enoon said:

Visit a "Red Cross Fair".

 

The rescue organisations have display boards covered with photos of the dead/mangled.

 

All Thais familiar with them.

 

 

If you want to be hard hitting make them see real results from DUI and not pictures

[Asquith Production]

Just now, RocketDog said:

You've been extraordinarily  lucky if you've been here as long as you imply.

 

I witnessed a kid on a motorcy run into a truck only meters from  bar I was sitting at in the first six months I was here. I didn't have get close to know he was dead.

I've also passed many accidents on the road but didn't stop to count bodies.

 

Well perhaps many Thais have been very lucky and not seen any as well thats why convicted DUI drivers should be taken and shown real casualties

[2long]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Yes your right .....it could have been drugs , more likely blind drunk if

he did not see the people parked on the side of the road. 

regards worgeordie 

Or sober and really tired from being overworked by a boss who didn't keep the vehicle (including headlights) taken care of.

Likely drunk or drugs, but nothing is confirmed.

[Bangkok Barry]

28 minutes ago, Asquith Production said:

1 hour ago, Ryan754326 said:

Why would they need to go to the morgue? The mangled bodies can be seen laying all over the road. 
I’m just a tourist, and I’ve seen a few dead bodies myself. Anyone who was born here should have plenty of first hand experience. 

I doubt that very much. I have been here a long time and have never see all these bodies you talk about

I'm with Ryan754326 on this. I live on a long straight road and within 300 metres of my house there have been deaths and amputations, and someone in a long-term coma I don't know if he came out of. That is as well as several huge lorries, cars and pickups ending up in the road-side ditch, and one car that managed to sail through the top of a tree.

 

I was also nearly killed one night when two racing pickups came up behind me as I stood looking for someone down the road, with one who was on the wrong side of the road so close to me I could smell the heat of the engine as it went by. I've had so many close encounters, one while being in the fast lane of a dual carriageway and seeing someone who was probably too drunk to know it was a dual-carriageway coming straight at me, and seen so many bikes with no lights at night, that I no longer go out after dark. I really don't want to be on edge every moment I'm out. No fun in that. None at all.

[Asquith Production]

18 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I'm with Ryan754326 on this. I live on a long straight road and within 300 metres of my house there have been deaths and amputations, and someone in a long-term coma I don't know if he came out of. That is as well as several huge lorries, cars and pickups ending up in the road-side ditch, and one car that managed to sail through the top of a tree.

 

I was also nearly killed one night when two racing pickups came up behind me as I stood looking for someone down the road, with one who was on the wrong side of the road so close to me I could smell the heat of the engine as it went by. I've had so many close encounters, one while being in the fast lane of a dual carriageway and seeing someone who was probably too drunk to know it was a dual-carriageway coming straight at me, and seen so many bikes with no lights at night, that I no longer go out after dark. I really don't want to be on edge every moment I'm out. No fun in that. None at all.

That does not mean that every Thai person as seen the result of a bad accident in fact most Thais I have been in a car with will look away from a bad accident. 

[BostonRob2]

1 hour ago, Asquith Production said:

I doubt that very much. I have been here a long time and have never see all these bodies you talk about

Define "long time" . Overnight in Pattaya perhaps.

 

If you have really lived for a long time in Thailand you would have seen more stiffs than a working girl has.  

[herfiehandbag]

A sugar cane truck - no doubt paid per load, working all the hours for the cash...

 

What a surprise!

[Asquith Production]

13 minutes ago, BostonRob2 said:

Define "long time" . Overnight in Pattaya perhaps.

 

If you have really lived for a long time in Thailand you would have seen more stiffs than a working girl has.  

Over 10 years and dont define everyone by your own standards