Armored truck carrying 10 million baht crashes in Pattaya, two guards and driver killed

[snoop1130]

 

An armored truck carrying over 10 million baht crashed into a street barrier and killed three men working in the vehicle in Pattaya last evening, September 27th.

 

Mapprachan Highway police led by Pol. Lt. Col. Nakhak Siriphan and Pattaya Sawang Boriboon rescue services responded to a fatal vehicle accident on Motorway Route 7 leading to Pattaya at 5:30 PM yesterday.

 

The wreckage of a large bronze Toyota Vigo armored truck was found in a dry drainage ditch beside the motorway. Highway police told The Pattaya News that the truck was registered in Bangkok and was used by Siam Administrative Management and a security guard company to transport around 10 million baht from various businesses.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/28/armored-truck-carrying-10-million-baht-crashes-in-pattaya-two-guards-and-driver-killed/

 

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[JeffersLos]

2 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

An armored truck carrying over 10 million baht crashed

You come across this scene with your 10 year old son and teach him a valuable life lesson:

 

 

Lift with your legs, not with your back.

Edited September 28, 2022 by JeffersLos

[Yorkshire Tea]

Was the modified armoured Vigo a bit top heavy?

[Crossy]

Odd, it left the depot with 20 million.

 

RIP to the chaps just doing their jobs ???? 

[ThailandRyan]

Was it an inside job.........

[itsari]

The baht is crashing do not forget

[Ralf001]

Explains the large rescue and police presence..... and about 100 rubber neckers looking down from the frontage road.

 

30 mins earlier and I woulda had it on my dash cam !!

[Emster23]

Is it safe to assume they weren't wearing seat belts?

[champers]

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

Odd, it left the depot with 20 million.

 

RIP to the chaps just doing their jobs ???? 

It was for ATMs, according to a local radio station.

[roo860]

Probably driving like <deleted>

[RichardColeman]

11 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

You come across this scene with your 10 year old son and teach him a valuable life lesson:

 

 

Yes, Thais are the worst drivers on the planet

[Andycoops]

RiP to the 3 men and their families.

 

However, these vans drive at crazy speeds along the roads and I'm surprised accidents involving this type of vehicle doesn't happen more often.

[rwill]

From the linked article:  "The money-filled safe was moved to the Mapprachan Highway police station for safety. Pol. Lt. Col. Nakhak Siriphan told The Pattaya News that he would notify the company later to retrieve the safe."

 

Why wait to notify them?  As a motter of fact shouldn't they have been notified before they took safe?

Edited September 29, 2022 by rwill

[PJ71]

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

30 mins earlier and I woulda had it on my dash cam !!

The excitement would have been inbearable - lol.

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

You come across this scene with your 10 year old son and teach him a valuable life lesson:

 

 

Lift with your legs, not with your back.

Don't work in the back of a pick-up driven by a lunatic.

 

[be a man blow your back-out]

[mikebell]

3 hours ago, rwill said:

The money-filled safe was moved to the Mapprachan Highway police station for safety.

The least safest place in the world for money is a Thai police station.

[Troy Tempest]

"The wreckage of a large bronze Toyota Vigo armoured truck was found in a dry drainage ditch beside the motorway".

 

Money down the drain?

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Troy Tempest

[Postmaster]

It is a mistake to indicate the amount of money cash being carried.  In Europe, at least in England, the press are instructed to publish that an unknown amount of cash was being carried.  The same applies with ATM robberies.  Full details encourage further attacks.

[worgeordie]

Armoured car .... well that's stretching in a bit , a big tin opener

and your in ....RIP the dead.

 

regards Worgeordie

[PETERTHEEATER]

I should imagine that, when the vehicle came to a sudden stop, the armoured safe kept going........

How did the BiB know how much cash it contained?

[gomangosteen]

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

I should imagine that, when the vehicle came to a sudden stop, the armoured safe kept going........

How did the BiB know how much cash it contained?

Thai news reported it as being "up to ten million" - maybe that's their starting balance to go out topping up ATMs, depends how far into the run they were as to how much in the safe - they'd also be collecting from the deposit part of each ATM.

As you mention, police wouldn't know 

[PoorSucker]

The police recovered all the 5 million baht.... 

[it is what it is]

17 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Yes, Thais are the worst drivers on the planet

 

you say that, but have you been to lebanon, india? just two countries where i assure you the driving is worse than thailand.

[PJ71]

On 9/29/2022 at 10:36 PM, it is what it is said:

 

you say that, but have you been to lebanon, india? just two countries where i assure you the driving is worse than thailand.

You could add the entire African continent to that too.