Dozens of factory workers in lucky escape as company bus collides with barrier near bend

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Lost it at a bend

 

Daily News reported that rescue services were on the scene on the Nakhon Ratchasima - Kabinburi road  (Route 304, MK marker 173) after a bus carrying several dozen factory workers failed to negotiate a bend.

 

It hit the barrier but didn't topple over into the central ditch. The front windshield was smashed. The driver was 45 year old Wirat Wongphan.

 

Shocked passengers from a factory in the Kabinburi Industrial estate said they were on their way home after overtime and noticed the bus moving sharply from side to side two or three times before the collision. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

They felt they were lucky that the bus didn't fall into the ditch.

 

The accident happened outside the Chao Phor Seua shrine at a bend where the media said there had been many accidents causing injuries and fatalities mostly involving buses and trucks. 

 

Investigations into the cause of the accident continue. 

 

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[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Shocked passengers from a factory in the Kabinburi Industrial estate said they were on their way home after overtime and noticed the bus moving sharply from side to side two or three times before the collision. ...The accident happened outside the Chao Phor Seua shrine at a bend where the media said there had been many accidents causing injuries and fatalities mostly involving buses and trucks. 

Phee?

 

Big angry ones?

[jesimps]

That doesn't look like a very sharp bend to me which makes me suspect that if there were no mechanical or health problems involved, the driver either fell asleep, was speeding, or was playing with his phone. 

[JeffersLos]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

a bend where the media said there had been many accidents causing injuries and fatalities

Those pesky bends on big wide roads. 

Very difficult to navigate. 

[RichardColeman]

I think the headline really should be  'Idiot driver fails to add a coach load of corpses to the 700 dead so far this month'

 

 

 

[Bangkok Barry]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Daily News reported that rescue services were on the scene on the Nakhon Ratchasima - Kabinburi road  (Route 304, MK marker 173) after a bus DRIVER carrying several dozen factory workers failed to negotiate a bend.

There. Corrected it.

[Mavideol]

glad nobody's dead..... brake failure, long time we didn't have one  555

Edited June 20, 2022 by Mavideol

[Road Warrior]

speeding comes to mind YET AGAIN  and of course quality thai driving standards 

[rwill]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

(Route 304, MK marker 173)

Get your lottery numbers now!

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The accident happened outside the Chao Phor Seua shrine at a bend where the media said there had been many accidents causing injuries and fatalities mostly involving buses and trucks. 

So no lessons learnt or prevention methods installed?

 

[Gandtee]

Another vehicle carrying workers. How often do we have to read this?