Thai men get a shock as they eat their roadside noodles - but live to tell the tale

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Phachorn, 40, from Nan, northern Thailand had just parked his Toyota to stop for some roadside noodles yesterday evening.

 

He joined a motorcycle rider who had parked his Honda and was looking forward to a bite to eat also.

 

Just inches from where they were eating came a loud noise.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Pornsak, 40, from Roi-Et had failed to negotiate the bend at Wat Pang Kha, Nan, in his Fortuner.

 

He had piled into the back of the Toyota and this had toppled the Honda. 

 

Both noodle diners were fine as was Pornsak in the Fortuner.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

He offered to pay for their damaged vehicles. His own was a write-off.

 

The Muang Nan police were taking pictures for evidentiary purposes as they decided what to do in the case, reported Thai Rath.

 

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[ikke1959]

Danger is everywhere in Thailand.... Not even safe to eat in streetrestaurant... It is not the first time and surely will not be the last that these things happen. Luckily no victims

[giddyup]

Offering to pay and actually paying are two different things.

[ukrules]

8 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Offering to pay and actually paying are two different things.

Normally the insurance company would take care of that.

[Eaglekott]

When I read the headline I thought is was the noodles that almost killed them. Not a car.

[giddyup]

2 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Normally the insurance company would take care of that.

Assuming that he's insured and has a driver's licence.

[hotchilli]

Looking at the front of the Fortuner I can see why he lost control on the bend.

[Jerno]

Police: what to do, what to do?   Hmmm....charge driver with interrupting noodle meal?  Excessive noise from the crash?  (Pass us the brown envelope and we'll call it a day.)

[Elkski]

Did they do a roadside breath and purple strip test?

[ThailandRyan]

Read the headline and thought maybe that a electric wire fell down on them while they were eating and were shocked in the process.  Then I read the article only to find out the shock was from an accident......

[Regyai]

This is Thailand

 

they shouldn't have been shocked at all

[AhFarangJa]

2 hours ago, Eaglekott said:

When I read the headline I thought is was the noodles that almost killed them. Not a car.

I thought it was another case of electrocution from an un-insulated cable.

[Nong Khai Man]

I Thought there was a Python on the mooch for their Noodles....

[Lucky Bones]

2 hours ago, Elkski said:

Did they do a roadside breath and purple strip test?

Why? What was in the noodles?????????

[Lucky Bones]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Read the headline and thought maybe that a electric wire fell down on them while they were eating and were shocked in the process.  Then I read the article only to find out the shock was from an accident......

A terrible fail. Driver did not come to rest upside down. Maybe next time will do better?????????

[Cardano]

3 hours ago, ukrules said:

Normally the insurance company would take care of that.

that's if he had any insurance.

[NanLaew]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Pornsak, 40, from Roi-Et had failed to negotiate the bend at Wat Pang Kha, Nan, in his Fortuner.

Wasn't Roi-et attributed with the most drunk driving arrests accolade during the holidays?

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Read the headline and thought maybe that a electric wire fell down on them while they were eating and were shocked in the process.  Then I read the article only to find out the shock was from an accident......

Did that shock you then?

[Aussieroaming]

Deciding what to do with the case....decisions, decisions, decisions. And old mate deciding to pay for everyone's damage. So he either wasn't insured or he knew that any insurance claim would fail, I wonder why. In a place where the scales of justice are used to weigh the contents of the brown envelopes, which thereafter determine the extent of ones guilt and whether the case should be pursued.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

 His own was a write-off.

Must have been going very fast to do that.

 

[brianthainess]

3 hours ago, Elkski said:

Did they do a roadside breath and purple strip test?

You just have to fake chest pain, no problems init.

[Seeall]

5 hours ago, Jerno said:

Police: what to do, what to do?   Hmmm....charge driver with interrupting noodle meal?  Excessive noise from the crash?  (Pass us the brown envelope and we'll call it a day.)

brakes fault.....

[it is what it is]

5 hours ago, Eaglekott said:

When I read the headline I thought is was the noodles that almost killed them. Not a car.

haha, i was sure it was going to be a car or truck, maybe i've been here too long...

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, Eaglekott said:

When I read the headline I thought is was the noodles that almost killed them. Not a car.

Whereas I had visions of electrocution from a falling power line....????

[blackshadow]

On 1/11/2023 at 2:04 PM, ukrules said:

Normally the insurance company would take care of that.

of course.....IF INSURED !!!!