Tragedy strikes wedding organizers on way home - mother and son dead - load in back of pick-up blamed

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on the death of a mother and her son who were wedding organizers on their way back home to Suphanburi in central Thailand after a wedding event in Kanchanaburi.

 

Sa Kaeo police and rescue services were called to the Ban Sa Kaeo Road.

 

Dead in a Mitsubishi pick-up were Bunras, 59, and her son Jirathorn aged 40.

 

The vehicle had hit a total of three large trees.

 

The driver Sumeth, 34, survived and was taken to a hospital.

 

He said that they had been to a pre-wedding event in Laokhwan district of Kanchanaburi and were on their way back to Ban Pho in Muang Suphan. 

 

He said that when he tried to overtake he lost control of the vehicle due to the large amount of heavy equipment in the back. 

 

A picture on the Daily News site appeared to show what looked like stage suports, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Investigations continue. 

 

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[robblok]

Its not the load in the pickup that was the problem but the driver, who did not take the load into account and had to overtake. 

 

It would not have happened if he had thought about the load or just not overtake. Why go fast when heavily loaded.

[worgeordie]

It's always someone,somethings fault ,never them

RIP the dead

regards Worgeordie

[HAPPYNUFF]

Its generally the  loose nut behind the wheel.

[tracker1]

In all my years here I have yet to see the majority of drivers drive to conditions at hand be it the weather, load or just common sense !

[Jerno]

RIP.  And the driver like so many have no clue how to drive safely, especially in unusual circumstances like loads.  Typically it's speed speed speed and then losing control of the vehicle. 

[kotsak]

as usual, "load in back of pick-up blamed", not the person who put it there in the first place.. God has lost hope for this lot..

[NorthernRyland]

Just saw some idiot off the road in the mountains yesterday. 100% their fault every time so why should any of us care? The story should be how lucky it was that some innocent person wasn't killed instead.

[smedly]

hope they tested this idiot for alcohol

 

 

another avoidable tragedy on the unpoliced Thai roads

 

RIP

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said that when he tried to overtake he lost control of the vehicle due to the large amount of heavy equipment in the back.

Yeah right.. more large amount of grog in his belly and a foggy brain i would say...

[Gottfrid]

Responsibility made me lose my face.

[actonion]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

hope they tested this idiot for alcohol

 

 

another avoidable tragedy on the unpoliced Thai roads

 

RIP

TOO much paper work involved  to do any testing

[kcpattaya]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

he tried to overtake

Overloaded and still trying to overtake... incredible.

 

[roo860]

15 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Responsibility made me lose my face.

 

[JeffersLos]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

death of a mother and her son who were wedding organizers

4 weddings and 2 funerals. 

 

 

[Paul Kernell]

I wonder how many times he flashed his lights at the tree's?

RIP mum.

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that they had been to a pre-wedding event

Drinking.

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that when he tried to overtake he lost control of the vehicle due to the large amount of heavy equipment in the back. 

Because he was drunk and speeding in an overloaded pick-up.

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Dead in a Mitsubishi pick-up were Bunras, 59, and her son Jirathorn aged 40.

Because they were not wearing seatbelts. 

 

 

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I fully expect someone to now ‘pipe-up’ and tell me I do not have the facts to make any of the assumptions above.... They would be right, but that doesn’t make the assumptions above wrong.

 

For anyone who’s been here any amount of time and borne witness to such events the above causes are not only likely, but highly probable. 

 

 

 

 

[trainman34014]

2 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

Overloaded and still trying to overtake... incredible.

 

In Thailand not incredible; but normal !

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that when he tried to overtake he lost control of the vehicle due to the large amount of heavy equipment in the back

He'll have to live with that memory for the rest of his life.

[thailand49]

The excuses continue because no one is going to tell them the truth these comments should be translated to Thai sure the true hurts but it could save lives.  Instead their backs are padded sorry no accountability or take responsibility. Testing and training is to get them on the road as quick as possible so they can kill themselves.? 

[natway09]

2 ton load on a 1 ton pickup. How often do you see it ??

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, natway09 said:

2 ton load on a 1 ton pickup. How often do you see it ??

Way way more than we should..... 

[Artisi]

On 1/19/2022 at 4:03 PM, hotchilli said:

He'll have to live with that memory for the rest of his life.

Memory of a gold fish, back behind the wheel tomorrow doing exactly the same thing - not his fault, it was the car in front going too slow, the load or trees being in the way. 

[Nojohndoe]

On 1/19/2022 at 8:20 AM, NorthernRyland said:

Just saw some idiot off the road in the mountains yesterday. 100% their fault every time so why should any of us care? The story should be how lucky it was that some innocent person wasn't killed instead.

Passed 3 where it was apparent they had spun out on wet road on a downhill.