Monk in pick-up dies after slamming into bridge - speed, unfamiliarity, on phone, microsleep, no seatbelt all mentioned

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Picture: Siam Rath

 

A Siam Rath report on the death of a monk in a pick-up in north eastern Thailand mentioned many possibilities as to the cause. 

 

Police said it could have been high speed, unfamiliarity with the road, "lap nai" or microsleep, or playing on the phone. The victim was not even wearing a seatbelt. 

 

Other motorists had reported the smash into a bridge wall on the Ban Nong Kung Thap Ma to Ban Non Sawang road in Udon Thani. 

 

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Rescue workers found the monk slammed into the console - it took an hour for him to be cut out.

 

He was named as Niwat, 53, from Sakon Nakhon. He was dressed in his saffron robes. 

 

The local Wang Sammor police came up with all the likelihoods for the accident preferring none. 

 

Relatives had been contacted. 

 

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[rwill]

No amulets on the dash or hanging from the mirror.  Doomed.

[hotchilli]

Nice to see such consideration to other road users when parking.

[Dionigi]

I really must brush up on my knowledge of Buddhism, I really do not understand what monks are supposed to be doing.

[mrfill]

I see they left out "inability to drive"

[RichardColeman]

Well, he's outta luck if he came back as the mosquito I just splatted 

[Foghorn]

Must of forgot his amulet 

[Grusa]

I guess his big boss up above was on lap nai.

 

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, Dionigi said:

I really must brush up on my knowledge of Buddhism, I really do not understand what monks are supposed to be doing.

Me too. In the past I would have sworn that a monk must not drive a (motor) vehicle.

 

Anyway: this monk must have accumulated enough karma for a better next life (as an abbot?).

[khaowong1]

4 hours ago, Dionigi said:

I really must brush up on my knowledge of Buddhism, I really do not understand what monks are supposed to be doing.

One thing their not supposed to be doing, is driving.  

[Caldera]

Or maybe he just had bad karma.

[richard_smith237]

When ‘unfamiliarity’ was quoted as one of the reasons...  

 

... did they mean ‘unfamiliar’ with driving in a straight line?

Edited May 12, 2022 by richard_smith237

[Damrongsak]

"... unfamiliarity with the road ..."

 

In the pictures, it looks like the road is flat and straight as an arrow for quite a distance. Perhaps he wasn't familiar with the truck-eating barrier.

[Partenavia]

Meanwhile they are asking children to be in car seats, how's that going to work when 70% Thais never wear them. 

[Road Warrior]

bet that hurt for the last time !!  pickup need a paint job now !!!

[Damrongsak]

On 5/12/2022 at 11:18 PM, Road Warrior said:

bet that hurt for the last time !!  pickup need a paint job now !!!

No, just get a front end alignment and slap one of those 9 horsepower diesel engines in it.