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A three year old boy was killed in front of his mother as he ran across the road after buying an ice cream, reported Thai Rath.

 

It happened in Ban Non Doo in Chaiyaphum province. 

 

The driver of the truck was waiting to surrender when Pol Capt Withoon Phapholngam arrived on the scene.

 

A large group of angry people wanted to lynch the driver who was taken away to the police station for his own safety.

 

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The mother had fainted at the scene on seeing the tragedy with her own eyes. 

 

Nong Bua Daeng police are investigating. 

 

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Truly heartbreaking... This literally ruined my day.

OMG.

 

RIP little guy.

 

That would literally devastate our family if one of our little ones got killed.

 

Speed bumps through these little villages would go a long way to help slow these idiot drivers.

Oh god.

 

This is just unimaginabley painful to contemplate as a parent.

 

When are the citizens of this country gonna do something about this? I understand these things happen everywhere but not on this scale.

 

Not just the driving, but the parenting. It is a recipe for disaster.

 

Letting a 3 year old cross a road alone is just..........I am lost for words.

 

 

 

Very sad ! But Mother lets  3 year boy acroos road by his self when big trucks are there?

3 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

OMG.

 

RIP little guy.

 

That would literally devastate our family if one of our little ones got killed.

 

Speed bumps through these little villages would go a long way to help slow these idiot drivers.

The kid runs into the road because the mother didn't hold its hand/watch the little one properly, but the driver is the idiot?! Are you for real? 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A large group of angry people wanted to lynch the driver who was taken away to the police station for his own safety.

Now you know why people who kill people in accidents do not stop ! 

4 hours ago, 2009 said:

but the parenting

This.

I know from personal experience how devastating the loss of a child is and condolences to the family.
However, instead of lynching the driver, why not stop and ask why the mother let a 3 year old cross the road by himself and why did she not race to save the child if she saw the whole thing happen?
There's also a good chance the little one darted out from behind a motorbike or car parked at the side of the road giving the driver no time to stop.

1 hour ago, pacovl46 said:

Are you for real? 

Yes.

 

Unfortunately people drive to fast through the small villages that dot the country roads in Thailand.

 

Maybe they drive better where you live.

 

Obviously you you don't know Thailand.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

as he ran across the road

A three year-old crossing the road on his own? A bit silly anywhere in the world.

Yet another waste of a young life. Truly Sad

How on Gods Earth did he manage to run across a Road while in the charge of his Mother ?

RIP Little Lad

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

A large group of angry people wanted to lynch the driver who was taken away to the police station for his own safety.

Yet to be determined if he was at fault, or the mother being lax in her duties as a watchful mother.

Better luck next time little one.

This is very sad indeed but the truck driver may have just been 'driving his truck along the road' which is where trucks should be.

Should a toddler be running across ANY road alone?

Even at 20km the truck might have been unable to stop, depending on the circumstances.

And even if (as I suspect) the driver is 100% innocent, this will affect him for years to come.

Condolences to the family of the young lad, but I HATE the 'lynch mob mentality' of Thais in situations like this.

RIP ,  

Waiting for more information .

So far only this  When the mother saw her son running across the road back, he was hit by a 10-wheel truck  

Why would the People want to Linch the driver if that's what happen?

And really sad that there was someone with their phone to take and post a photo of the distraught mother. That should NOT be shown on this forum either. 

6 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

OMG.

 

RIP little guy.

 

That would literally devastate our family if one of our little ones got killed.

 

Speed bumps through these little villages would go a long way to help slow these idiot drivers.

And dutiful attention from parents would go a long way to stop kids running into the path of these 'idiot' (as you call them) drivers.

6 hours ago, 2009 said:

Oh god.

 

This is just unimaginabley painful to contemplate as a parent.

 

When are the citizens of this country gonna do something about this? I understand these things happen everywhere but not on this scale.

 

Not just the driving, but the parenting. It is a recipe for disaster.

 

Letting a 3 year old cross a road alone is just..........I am lost for words.

 

 

 

I am afraid I don't agree with you about lack of parenting. A quiet side road in front of your house  in a village is very different to a road in a town. The child was obviously supervised the parent was watching. it is more likely that if the parent had accompanied him she would also have been killed by this man's atrocious driving

44 minutes ago, RobU said:

The child was obviously supervised the parent was watching

Where does it say that?

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

And dutiful attention from parents would go a long way to stop kids running into the path of these 'idiot' (as you call them) drivers.

That helps.

 

But idiots driving 120 kilometers through a village is the norm around Sakon Nakhon.

 

It's not only children but if a dog, chicken, or buffalo strolls onto the road the driver swerves and plows into some house.

 

I'm all for the 120 kilometers an hour speed limit on highways.

 

Just slow it down going through the villages.

 

.....of course this will never happen.

8 hours ago, 2009 said:

Letting a 3 year old cross a road alone is just..........I am lost for words.

Yes. Was she too busy to escort him? You know, like responsible parents would. That way they don't get killed.

17 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

That helps.

 

But idiots driving 120 kilometers through a village is the norm around Sakon Nakhon.

 

It's not only children but if a dog, chicken, or buffalo strolls onto the road the driver swerves and plows into some house.

 

I'm all for the 120 kilometers an hour speed limit on highways.

 

Just slow it down going through the villages.

 

.....of course this will never happen.

For goodness sake where on earth does it say anything about 120 km/hr? That is entirely your own imagination. What it does say is that the driver was waiting to hand himself over to police which, if anything, suggests that he was not doing anything stupid and wanted to explain that he did not have chance to stop, otherwise he would have jumped out of his cab and run away.

2 hours ago, RobU said:

I am afraid I don't agree with you about lack of parenting. A quiet side road in front of your house  in a village is very different to a road in a town. The child was obviously supervised the parent was watching. it is more likely that if the parent had accompanied him she would also have been killed by this man's atrocious driving

How have you made the assumption that this was a quiet side soi in front of their house ?????

 

This tragic incident did not occur in front of a quiet residential soi with children playing - it was on a main road. 

A lot of people want to blame the truck driver - he may have been faultless. 

A lot of people want to blame the mother - she was at least responsible for the child at the side of the road - this was not a residential street. 

 

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2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

And dutiful attention from parents would go a long way to stop kids running into the path of these 'idiot' (as you call them) drivers.

When my son was young if I took him to the village along with my neighbors daughter, I held both their hands until they were 7 or 8 years old. At the same time I also taught them the Green Cross Code from the UK.

 

https://www.twinkl.com/teaching-wiki/green-cross-code#:~:text=The Green Cross Code is,of the road in safety.

 

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Where does it say that?

It's in the headline 'In Front of Mother'

7 minutes ago, RobU said:

It's in the headline 'In Front of Mother'

The kid was possibly metres 'in front of mother', otherwise she could have grabbed him.

Horrific.

6 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

The kid runs into the road because the mother didn't hold its hand/watch the little one properly, but the driver is the idiot?! Are you for real? 

Yes mother to blame. I nearly ran over a kid with bad parents. Had to slam on brakes. Stupid kid just ran in front of me.

15 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

The kid was possibly metres 'in front of mother', otherwise she could have grabbed him.

Not even metres, just greater than arms length