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Fourteen people have sustained injuries after a truck overturned in Ban Bueng yesterday (April 6th).

 

The Klong Giw Police were notified of the accident at 2:30 P.M. on Kong Dara Road in the Klong Giw sub-district.

 

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Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the overturned truck on the road. Fourteen people had sustained various injuries, such as broken legs. They were all taken to a local hospital for medical assistance. Most of the injured had been in the bed of the truck.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/04/07/fourteen-people-injured-after-truck-full-of-construction-workers-overturns-in-ban-bueng/

 

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What ever happened to using proper busses to transport people - Too expensive I suppose which would eat into the profits ....

Actually, this is an excellent outcome. Most times this headline would read as '14 people killed when truck overturns' Then there would be the usual pictures of multiple bodies lying side-by-side on the road covered in sheets.

Usually it would also involve a squashed motorcyclist as well who had been overtaking on the inside when the truck overturned. Plus throw in a couple of innocent bystanders who may have been crossing the road there.

So the fact that no one was killed here is a bloody miracle. 

And here we are again, with the same story, same result. Would I be correct in assuming the workers were non-Thai? 

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

What ever happened to using proper busses to transport people - Too expensive I suppose which would eat into the profits ....

Got it in one.

Is there some girlie bar there and all 14 rushed over to one side to see them ? 

50 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And here we are again, with the same story, same result. Would I be correct in assuming the workers were non-Thai? 

..Thai labourers wouldn't be seen dead riding in the back of a truck.

Just now, RichardColeman said:

Is there some girlie bar there and all 14 rushed over to one side to see them ? 

...like a whale sighting?

What happened to to law covering transporting workers vehicles. Ignored like all the other laws?

2 hours ago, Inala said:

Actually, this is an excellent outcome. Most times this headline would read as '14 people killed when truck overturns' Then there would be the usual pictures of multiple bodies lying side-by-side on the road covered in sheets.

Usually it would also involve a squashed motorcyclist as well who had been overtaking on the inside when the truck overturned. Plus throw in a couple of innocent bystanders who may have been crossing the road there.

So the fact that no one was killed here is a bloody miracle. 

You forgot the tree............

2 hours ago, Inala said:

Actually, this is an excellent outcome. Most times this headline would read as '14 people killed when truck overturns' Then there would be the usual pictures of multiple bodies lying side-by-side on the road covered in sheets.

Usually it would also involve a squashed motorcyclist as well who had been overtaking on the inside when the truck overturned. Plus throw in a couple of innocent bystanders who may have been crossing the road there.

So the fact that no one was killed here is a bloody miracle. 

The combined power of 14 amulets I guess.......they do work.

more THAI  quality' DRIVING !!????????????????????????????

The driver Mr. Parinya Packemin said the vehicle lost control . No you dolt , you lost control !

35 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

The driver Mr. Parinya Packemin said the vehicle lost control . No you dolt , you lost control !

Don't forget, it's always someone or something else's fault.

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From the linked article: The truck driver, Mr. Parinya Pakamalaithep, 35, told TPN reporters, “Workers and I were heading back to Ban Bueng from Sri Racha. There was another vehicle in front of my truck and I immediately stopped. I tried to avoid the collision before the truck lost control and overturned.”

 

So the truck driver wasn’t looking where he was going (on his phone) and saw the other vehicle in front of him too late - he then had to swerve and nearly killed everyone.... 

 

.... it was of course the trucks fault for overturning !

 

 

Edited April 8, 20224 yr by richard_smith237

This story template gets used a lot

The animalising of poor workers by transporting them like cattle was banned years ago in Saudi and Bahrain.