Rain - and drink - to blame as media reports two lucky escapes in pick-up accidents

[webfact]

77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported on two pick-up accidents at the weekend in which the drivers walked away without a scratch.

 

The first was on the local road by the Bangkok - Pattaya motorway in Chachoengsao.

 

At KM 44 in the rain a Toyota hit a lamppost and was smashed to bits.

 

Bang Pakong found the driver - a 40 year old man - uninjured but paralytic from drink. 

 

77kaoded

 

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While in Lampang in the north on Pahonyothin Road the Mae Phrik police went to a central reservation where they found a 30 year old man trapped inside an overturned D-Max., reported 77kaoded.

 

He said he was on his way home and lost control in the rain and slippery conditions. 

 

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[richard_smith237]

No…. rain & drink is not to blame…

 

… the idiot driving is.

 

[Aussieroaming]

I dread to think about how many DUI's are in progress every day, muppets.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Bang Pakong found the driver - a 40 year old man - uninjured but paralytic from drink. 

I hope the police do the right thing... these people are killers!!!!!

[alyx]

I am confused....Rain and drinking are to be blamed for the accidents or praised for the lucky escape ?

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I hope the police do the right thing... these people are killers!!!!!

Exterminate on the spot sounds like the way to go. 

[worgeordie]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

slippery conditions.

It's a good job it doesn't snow here , can you imagine

the carnage ,and those lampposts , power poles are

like magnets to drivers ,

 

" paralytic from drink." put him in jail , it's dangerous enough

driving on the roads with sober Thais........????

regards Worgeordie

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Misterwhisper]