Picture: Siam Rath

 

Muang Singburi police in central Thailand were called along with rescue services after a Toyota van hit a lamppost head on, reported Siam Rath.

 

It happened inbound in Muang Moo sub-district to the south of Singburi.

 

Eleven people were injured and taken to hospital - 5 women and 6 men - including the driver Wanchalerm Nantikaew from Chiang Rai, aged 32.

 

At the hospital police interviewed the passengers.

 

One called Warunee, 35, said that they were all from the Chiang Rai area and 25 people were in three rented vans.

 

They had just been to register as online sellers of lottery tickets in Bangkok and were on their way back north.

 

She was in the crashed van and said that the driver had a seizure of some kind and simply lost control and drove off the road into the lamppost.

 

The driver and all the passengers were from the same housing estate. 

 

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These lampposts , power poles and trees must be magnetic to vehicles ,

everytime the go off the road they crash into one.......

 

regards Worgeordie

Maybe the driver actually had a medical episode. The witness said the driver appeared to have a seizure.  If the vehicle went off the road  It would either coast to a stop or have to hit an object to stop it. 
Luckily no one was killed.

The local authority is rubbing their hands with glee, Christmas has come now then can install a row of those expensive golden ones!

 

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I wonder if he has a history of seizures. Probably shouldn't be behind the wheel at all.

Seizure set to overtake lap noi ?

Thank goodness the passengers were wearing the manddatory seat belts fitted to passenger vans or their injuries could have been serious.........????

another day..... another "seizure" at the wheel......

18 hours ago, webfact said:

One called Warunee, 35, said that they were all from the Chiang Rai area and 25 people were in three rented vans.

 

They had just been to register as online sellers of lottery tickets in Bangkok and were on their way back north.

One would think this could be done initially online backed up via hard copies of documents sent via post.

Or at least have regional offices so people don't have to travel huge distances for such a minor thing.