Tractor driver dies still clutching his wrench - ten wheeler with sugar cane overturns

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Daily News Thai Caption: When your number's up

 

Daily News reported on a collision between a ten wheel truck carrying sugar cane and a tractor on Route 3028 near Ban Sila Thong, Uthai Thani, lower north Thailand. 

 

Kiatsak Kertjaidee, aged about 27, died at the scene. He appeared to have been doing some repairs to his parked tractor.

 

A witness reported seeing him still alive at first and still clutching a wrench as he died at the scene.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The tractor had been in a collision with the truck that was on its side.

 

The driver and his wife were unconscious at the scene but recovered consciousness on the way to hospital.

 

Initial investigations indicated that the truck had suffered a burst tire and the driver had lost control careening into the tractor that had broken down. 

 

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[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Initial investigations indicated that the truck had suffered a burst tire and the driver had lost control careening into the tractor that had broken down.

Fates a bitch sometimes.

[JimmyJ]

hotchili - "Fates a bitch sometimes."

 

Fate?

Or driving on too old tires?

Edited December 21, 2022 by JimmyJ

[worgeordie]

5 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

hotchili - "Fates a bitch sometimes."

 

Fate?

Or driving on too old tires?

Plus probably overweight , as they do ...

 

regards worgeordie 

[Gandtee]

The fickle finger of fate. R.I.P.☹️

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

hotchili - "Fates a bitch sometimes."

 

Fate?

Or driving on too old tires?

Did the tractor's tyres (how could you know that they were "too old"?) cause the accident while it was stationary at the roadside, being worked on by the man who died?

Edited December 21, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

3 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

hotchili - "Fates a bitch sometimes."

 

Fate?

Or driving on too old tires?

Plus probably overweight , as they do ...

Tractors?  Tractors such as the remains of the one in this incident don't have a facility to carry loads, do they?

[worgeordie]

29 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Tractors?  Tractors such as the remains of the one in this incident don't have a facility to carry loads, do they?

We were talking about the truck carrying the sugar cane , thought it was obvious .....

regards worgeordie

[kickstart]

On 12/21/2022 at 12:30 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Tractors?  Tractors such as the remains of the one in this incident don't have a facility to carry loads, do they?

Yes they do, you can see the remains of the trailer last photo left and side ,the trailers are cut down 10 wheel trucks with a draw bar on ,a tractor can haul 15-20 ton of cane.

That truck must have been speeding to make a mess of the tractor like that.  

[Liverpool Lou]

16 hours ago, kickstart said:

On 12/21/2022 at 12:30 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Tractors?  Tractors such as the remains of the one in this incident don't have a facility to carry loads, do they?

Yes they do, you can see the remains of the trailer last photo left and side ,the trailers are cut down 10 wheel trucks with a draw bar on ,a tractor can haul 15-20 ton of cane.

I referred to tractors, such as that one being repaired at the side of the road in the OP, not tractor-trailers.  The former are primarily agricultural vehicles that do not carry loads, the latter are load-carrying commercial vehicles.

[kickstart]

7 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I referred to tractors, such as that one being repaired at the side of the road in the OP, not tractor-trailers.  The former are primarily agricultural vehicles that do not carry loads, the latter are load-carrying commercial vehicles.

Here's one I prepared earlier ,the tractor and trailer were coming back from the sugar mill ,the truck on his way to the mill .

This photo is from our local sugar mill ,a typical sugar cane trailer,this tractor is smaller than the one in the accident, as I said he will have about 15–20 ton on the trailer. 

[Liverpool Lou]

12 hours ago, kickstart said:

Here's one I prepared earlier ,the tractor and trailer were coming back from the sugar mill ,the truck on his way to the mill .

This photo is from our local sugar mill ,a typical sugar cane trailer,this tractor is smaller than the one in the accident, as I said he will have about 15–20 ton on the trailer. 

You should have prepared more diligently but thanks for confirming what I posted, i.e. those (typically agricultural) tractors do not carry loads, the one you pictured is towing a trailer that is carrying a load.  Tractors, not tractor-trailers, do not cary loads.

[kickstart]

10 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You should have prepared more diligently but thanks for confirming what I posted, i.e. those (typically agricultural) tractors do not carry loads, the one you pictured is towing a trailer that is carrying a load.  Tractors, not tractor-trailers, do not cary loads.

Same difference ,it is the gross weight being carried/towed , being a truck or in this case a tractor and trailer ,how would you class a truck with a trailer behind .OK,the weight of the tractor/trailer unit is on the tractor draw bar ,the weight of a truck trailer is on the trailer axels ,but it is still a weight being transported ,both units have trailer brakes ,tractors use hydraulic trailer brakes.