Thai motorcyclist nearly loses his head in another hanging wire incident

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Nearly decapitated

 

A 40 year old motorcyclist called Somwang Khamkaew told Daily News how he was nearly decapitated by a wire stretching across the road in Chonburi.

 

Somwang from Ban Bung was returning home from visiting relatives when he became entangled in the cable in a soi in Nong Chak sub-district.

 

He said it took the skin off his neck and it was lucky he wasn't going very fast or he would be dead.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

After taking a picture at the scene he went back home where Silatham rescue services attended to his injury. Later he returned to the area.

 

The cable had since been cut and piled on one side of the road. 

 

A report has been filed with the Ban Bung police.

 

Accidents such as these have been reported regularly in the Thai press this year with victims usually being motorcyclists. 

 

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[vandeventer]

He's so lucky he wasn't going fast when this happened, these low hanging wires are in many areas not just his area and must be fixed or burred under ground. 

[NE1]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

A report has been filed with the Ban Bung police.

and then what happens ?

[Aussieroaming]

What, no police crackdown from the RTP? 

[Bangkok Barry]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Accidents such as these have been reported regularly in the Thai press this year with victims usually being motorcyclists.

Accidents such as these have been reported regularly in the Thai press this year for many, many years, with victims usually being motorcyclists, and despite the risk to life nothing is done and nor is it expected that anything will be done because no-one cares about the quality of work that they do.

 

There. Corrected it.

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, NE1 said:

and then what happens ?

Yes, might as well tell the cat!

[hotchilli]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Accidents such as these have been reported regularly in the Thai press this year with victims usually being motorcyclists. 

Reported regularly but nothing seems to come of it... except another near fatal accident.

[mikebell]

On 9/1/2022 at 8:01 AM, webfact said:

A report has been filed with the Ban Bung police.

 

17 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

What, no police crackdown from the RTP? 

It explains why we never see RTP patrolling Pattaya sois; they're keeping their heads down.