Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that the driver of a pick-up lost control slamming into four other vehicles before killing a 61 year old woman.

 

Phra Samut Chedi police were called to the area of Suksawat Soi 67 outside a property sales office in Samut Prakan.

 

They found five damaged vehicles including a motorcycle.

 

Lamyong Srithawat was dead with multiple fractures. She'd been on a Honda Wave motorcycle. 

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A Mazda pick-up with a man called Srisuwan, 31, behind the wheel had caused the carnage. The driver was at the scene waiting to give evidence.

 

He said he worked for a window company and had driven the vehicle to deposit money at a nearby ATM. 

 

He claimed that he was travelling fast and a vehicle in front braked suddenly causing him to lose control and hit a parked vehicle and the woman on the bike who was making a U-turn. 

 

He was taken away for questioning. 

 

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So clearly a poorly located ATM was the root cause of this accident, not the fact yet another Thai male was driving a pick-up yet again at speeds he could not handle.

Manslaughter . Lock him up ,

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

He claimed that he was travelling fast

 

That is the problem. Too many people "feel the need for speed" when driving. 

Suŕprised he didnt run and hide at mummy's place

17 minutes ago, grego49 said:

Suŕprised he didnt run and hide at mummy's place

You have to give him credit for staying at the scene of the accident.

sad yet again . speeding and total incompetent  thai driving 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He was taken away for questioning. 

Readjusting in how to drive would be better.

10 hours ago, Road Warrior said:

sad yet again . speeding and total incompetent  thai driving 

Don't forget being on the phone too!!!  

20 hours ago, webfact said:

He claimed that he was travelling fast and a vehicle in front braked suddenly causing him to lose control and hit a parked vehicle and the woman on the bike who was making a U-turn.

Another idiot pick-up driver who thinks the road is a race track.

17 hours ago, kidneyw said:

Readjusting in how to drive would be better.

AND where would HE learn this????!!!!!

On 8/11/2022 at 3:02 PM, KhunBENQ said:

Feel sorry for the woman on the bike.

Other way round would have had a positive effect on road safety.

One less idiot.

You know how she was executing her u-turn, do you?

On 8/12/2022 at 3:01 AM, mushroomdave said:

Don't forget being on the phone too!!!  

Don't forget lame, unfounded speculation, either!

Im not sure why but it seams like many in pickup drivers here in Thailand tend to drive like they have a super sports car like a McLaren or Lamborghini. Sorry folks but putting a huge turbo in a pickup does not make it more stable on the road.