A 42-year-old woman was in critical condition after crashing her motorbike into a baht bus that was exiting a convenience store in Pattaya. The baht bus driver reportedly admitted that his vehicle’s bumper poked out onto the road and might have caused the accident.

 

The victim, identified as Ms. Sunita Thepmanee, was a chef at an unnamed restaurant in Pattaya, according to Sawang Boriboon rescuers who came to her rescue. She was found sprawling unconsciously on the road in front of a 7-11 convenience store in Soi Kho Phai 5, South Pattaya.

 

The rescuers found her yesterday, January 3rd, at 8:30 PM. The victim suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to Banglamung Hospital. Her blue Honda Wave motorbike was discovered near the accident scene along with a baht bus operated between Na Kluea – Chakngeaw

 

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My guess:  no helmet.

The cabbie, identified as Mr. Narong Pinkaewk, 61, told The Pattaya News that he was waiting to exit a convenience store when the victim suddenly crashed into him. He confessed that his car’s bumper slightly protruded onto the road, but also claimed that the victim lost control of her motorbike and collided with him.

 

hmmmmm

Baht buses now go into convenience stores? Really?

22 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Baht buses now go into convenience stores? Really?

The  driver wanted some more beer.

20 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The  driver wanted some more beer.

He wanted something that is for sure

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

She was found sprawling unconsciously on the road

??

Sounds like a recipe for a disaster.......edging out and neither noticing the other.

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

Sounds like a recipe for a disaster.......edging out and neither noticing the other.

Perhaps the baht bus driver was edging out and the lady on the scooter had nowhere else to go.

 

Not being at the scene and having no idea of what really happened, IMO the baht bus driver, having admitted that he was "edging out" would seem to be the culprit

5 hours ago, pomchop said:

My guess:  no helmet.

Why would having no helmet cause the Baht Bus driver to pull out in front of the Motocy ?

No mentio if she was wearing a mask too.. Head injuries because of no helmet, but as we see a;most all motorcyclists are wearing facemasks...

5 hours ago, Wiggy said:

6 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

She was found sprawling unconsciously on the road

??

I thought that was an interesting turn of phrase also.

 

Based on the meanings of the words, she was "spreading out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way" "without realizing or being aware of [her] actions". 

 

So, it's possible, but a very odd thing to point out.

 

Perhaps they were going for "sprawled out unconscious".

4 hours ago, billd766 said:

and the lady on the scooter had nowhere else to go.

How wide is the street. She only needed about 1m. ????

1 minute ago, VocalNeal said:

How wide is the street. She only needed about 1m. ????

It would depend on how much other traffic was around.

 

If it was a 2 way street and someone wanted to overtake her with somebody coming the other way, she might not have had that one metre, especially if the baht bus was "edging out".

 

She may well have been either looking in the mirror or behind her and the baht bus may just have pulled out too far. If there was another vehicle behind him, he may not have been able to back up.

 

All this is just theory with no actual knowledge and no CCTV back up.

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

No mentio if she was wearing a mask too.. Head injuries because of no helmet, but as we see a;most all motorcyclists are wearing facemasks...

Which is even more irrelevant to the songtaew pulling out into traffic.