webfact Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Picture: Thai Rath Three policemen connected to the Mae Jan police in Chiang Rai were involved in a collision with a truck doing electrical maintenance on Route 1016 in Jom Sawan sub-district. The police had just taken suspects to the Mae Jan station and were on their way back to their base, a sub-station called Tha Khao Pleuak. The truck pulled out to make a parking move and was struck by the police patrol pick-up at speed. Picture: Thai Rath All three occupants were of the rank of senior sergeant major. The driver Ruangrit and Jongkon sitting behind him were killed instantly. The front seat passenger Pitchayaphon was critically injured after being thrown from the vehicle, reported Thai Rath. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2023-03-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted March 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2023 From my observations here Police drivers are no better than the average Somchai ! RIP those lost. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 What is going on in that first picture ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted March 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2023 Somebody wasn't wearing his seatbelt ???? 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignore it Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 RIP RTP. They need to install bigger brighter flashing lights and should remember to always have the siren on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 6 hours ago, trainman34014 said: From my observations here Police drivers are no better than the average Somchai ! RIP those lost. No seatbelt for the one who was thrown out.????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Confirm all come from the same system of driving same swamp as they say. Ever follow or watch them drive especially motorbike. One big reason they can't or won't enforce they are big part of problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 20 hours ago, webfact said: The truck pulled out to make a parking move and was struck by the police patrol pick-up at speed. A daily occurrence in the land of smiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot3Boz Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Imagine if they had a few signs up warning of the work zone, I don’t know a police detail to handle traffic while they were blocking the road.. Maybe even a few blinking warning lights… Sadly this is what they get for being so lax on their road safety… RIP … Such a waste!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 You reep what you saw .... Som nam naa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 RIP to those lost hope for a fast recovery for the injured officer. A question though. How easy is it to get thrown from inside a vehicle whilst wearing a seatbelt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 22 hours ago, ignore it said: RIP RTP. They need to install bigger brighter flashing lights and should remember to always have the siren on. They were heading back to their station so there was no need to be in a hurry and hence no need for lights or siren. The trouble some of them seem to like driving with their flashing lights on just to look important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Pilot3Boz said: Imagine if they had a few signs up warning of the work zone, I don’t know a police detail to handle traffic while they were blocking the road.. Maybe even a few blinking warning lights… Sadly this is what they get for being so lax on their road safety… RIP … Such a waste!! That's a good point. If you see a warning of road works it never tells you what to expect. The road could narrow on the left or the right, or both. Then they put cones with no warning and a big oil drum, not before the obstruction but just in front of it when you can see the obstruction anyway. I once saw a massive crane lifting lighting poles into position. It was a major road so the were tall lighting poles and a big crane. Someone had put cones around the bottom of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I doubt any were wearing seatbelts…prove me wrong i interpret driving at speed as speeding…in essence, they were driving blind and weren’t prepared to react to say an object appears in their lane… oh well… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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