Monk and disciple dead as Camry splits in two after hitting tree in NE

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Kantharawichai police in Maha Sarakham in Thailand's north east attended a grisly road accident.

 

A Camry being driven by a monk with a student along for the ride hit a tree.

 

Dead behind the wheel was 45 year old Phra Maha Natthawat an abbot's assistant at Wat Sawang Waree. 

 

20 meters away was the body of Atikan, 20.

 

Locals reported hearing a bang like an explosion, reported Thai Rath.

 

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The area has pools of water and has roadworks and is not for the unwary, they said. 

 

The accident happened on Route 3006.

 

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[sammieuk1]

A Camry driven by a monk should raise the alarm for starters ????Rip 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

A Camry driven by a monk should raise the alarm for starters ????Rip 

My local Wat Pailom head monk has a Panther [4--wheels]... that should raise alarm bells.

[digger70]

RIP ,But a monk driving a car ? Rich Monk? It's a No NO

[Sydebolle]

"The area .........has roadworks and is not for the unwary, they said." 

Is there a Thai word for "unwary" - me wonders? The translation gizmos refer to "inattentive, reckless, careless, incautious, lightweight or raunchy". There you go! 

[khaowong1]

There are more monks driving than should be.  Especially, out in the country monks. 

[richard_smith237]

Am I missing something ?  Is there an issue with monks driving ? 

Is driving considered a luxury or something ?  (I pretty much ignore all regions nonsense so I really don’t know what they should and shouldn’t be doing etc - I’ve seen Monks in Business class on flights, a ‘family’ monk (Thai Wife side of the family) drives around in an S-Class Merc which was given to him). 

 

 

I’ve seen photos of the Camry on the Facebook site [Bad driving in Thailand] - the absolute annihilation of the car indicates extreme speed. 

 

As with the ‘Vios’ which basically disintegrated upon impact as the Pickup lost control, crossed the median and ‘flew’ into it (another thread currently running) - I saw the video of that. Utter carnage. 

 

The total and utter catastrophic destruction caused daily on Thailands roads is quite astonishing. 

 

 

[soi3eddie]

46 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’ve seen Monks in Business class on flights,

Don't monks get upgraded for free automatically on Thai Airways? ..and maybe other airlines?

 

[sammieuk1]

15 hours ago, hotchilli said:

My local Wat Pailom head monk has a Panther [4--wheels]... that should raise alarm bells.

Maybe church temple bells ????

[metisdead]

A troll post with a trolling video has been removed.

[Humpy]

''The monk has the use of three robes: an outer garment, an under garment, and a cloak. The monk's equipment also includes begging bowl, a belt, a razor, a needle, a strainer, a staff and a tooth-pick. With his robes, these eight items, i.e. the Eight Requisites are allowed to the monk by the Buddha.'' ... no mention of wheels !!

[brianthainess]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

The area has pools of water and has roadworks and is not for the unwary, they said. 

Unwary= bad driving skills

[Road Warrior]

WAS a good car   not cheep one ???

[KhunBENQ]

17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Am I missing something ?  Is there an issue with monks driving ? 

Is driving considered a luxury or something ?  (I pretty much ignore all regions nonsense so I really don’t know what they should and shouldn’t be doing etc

We are in the same boat, kind of.

Long before coming to Thailand I read about the strict rules/discipline for the monks.

What I see today:

monks driving motor vehicle

monks strolling shopping centers

monks handling cash (buying cigarettes at the village shop)

monks being instructed by young females about the latest iPhone models

etc.pp.

(just this morning watched two orange robes leaning over the iPhone 13)

 

Now is this all acceptable nowadays?

 

[Humpy]

.... I forgot to mention the monks I see at the ATM machines fumbling through their robes to find the pocket with the ATM card in it .....  

[jacko45k]

On 4/5/2022 at 6:09 PM, digger70 said:

RIP ,But a monk driving a car ? Rich Monk? It's a No NO

Yes, I thought that..... a friend of the wife who was a monk used to have a driver and got  ride from me a few times.... bit of a nuisance actually!