Four family members dead as motorcycle with sidecar/Fortuner collide in Suphanburi

[webfact]

 

Thai Rath reported on a horrific accident that shocked all who saw the aftermath.

 

They made much of the fact that one 50 year old victim was still clutching the dead body of her four year old granddaughter.

 

The accident happened near a U-turn in the Dan Chang police jurisdiction in Suphanburi, central Thailand yesterday evening.

 

A motorcycle with sidecar attachment pulled out from behind a truck into the path of a Toyota Fortuner whose 66 year old driver said he could not brake in time.

 

Four people were killed on the motorcycle: Piyawet, 65, Khaisaeng, 50, their four year old granddaughter and an 8 month old male infant.

 

Phinit, 66, the Fortuner driver had stopped 500 meters away and gave evidence that he could not see the bike as it pulled out into his path as it tried to make a cross for a U-turn.

 

Dan Chang police are investigating.

 

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[soi3eddie]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

the Fortuner driver had stopped 500 meters away

Jeez, that's one hell of a stopping distance!

Tragic outcome for all involved. Both types of vehicle can be a menace on Thai roads. Dangerous U-turns too, make it all a recipe for disaster. RIP.

 

[BusyB]

2 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Jeez, that's one hell of a stopping distance!

Tragic outcome for all involved. Both types of vehicle can be a menace on Thai roads. Dangerous U-turns too, make it all a recipe for disaster. RIP.

 

Speculation of course, but I suspect he slowed down to stop further on. I don't think I'd stop straight behind something I'd just done like that (innocent or otherwise) until I knew how people were behaving. Better to approach slowly from afar ... people could get quite murderous about it.

 

This motorcycle carnage is heartbreaking ... Sounds like Granny, parent(s) and grandkid wiped out. So many of these deadly crashes happen in connection with U-turns. They really should be closed outside city limits.

[Tarteso]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Toyota Fortuner whose 66 year old driver said he could not brake in time.

Ah ! Then all is okay

[yeahbutif]

Be Good to be see follow ups on things like this.. as it is seems if the motorbike and sidecar was not legal to be on the road.he would have not been there to be in the accident..    

[Colabamumbai]

Motorcycle parks behind truck, truck reverses over cyclist, Ban Phe, yesterday. 

[Colabamumbai]

Remember in Thailand its your fault because  "you were there". 

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, Tarteso said:

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Toyota Fortuner whose 66 year old driver said he could not brake in time.

Ah ! Then all is okay

This is exactly why I have a dash-cam...  there is going to be a time in Thailand when something pulls out in front of me and stopping in time or taking avoiding action is impossible.

 

This is a risk to any single one of us, and not having a dash-cam in our vehicles places us at risk of difficulties in the event of a serious accident in which fault is difficult to establish. For this reason I also have a cam’s on the bike. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

22 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Remember in Thailand its your fault because  "you were there". 

The guy who told you that in that bar in Patana...  was he in previous in the Special Forces by any chance ?...... 

[richard_smith237]

25 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Motorcycle parks behind truck, truck reverses over cyclist, Ban Phe, yesterday. 

Was a bicycle parked closer to the rear of the truck than the motorcycle ?  ????