Tour bus driver flees scene after crash in Thailand, 1 dead, 40 injured

[snoop1130]

 

A tour bus driver fled the scene after losing control and crashing in Maha Sahakham province in northeast Thailand this morning. One person was killed in the crash and 40 more people were injured.

 

At 12.05am, officers at Rat Charoen Police Station were informed that a Thai Sriram Company’s tour bus from Ubon Ratchathani to Bangkok lost control and crashed into a lamppost on Highway 202 near the U-turn in front of Ban Nong Hi village in Mueang Tao subdistrict, Phayakkhaphum Phisai district.

 

Police rushed to the scene with rescue workers from the Mueang Tao Subdistrict Organisation, the Nadoon Rescue Unit and Phayak Rescue Unit.

 

Rescue workers helped trapped passengers out of the bus one by one, which was found lying on its side in the ditch in the middle of the highway.

 

One person died at the scene, later identified as 34 year old Umaporn Khamphapan from Yasathon province.

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/road-deaths/tour-bus-driver-flees-scene-after-crash-in-thailand-1-dead-40-injured

 

-- © Copyright Thaiger 2023-04-24

 

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[StayinThailand2much]

LOL. Have yet to read: “Thai bus driver stayed put after accident, waiting for police...”

[youreavinalaff]

3 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

LOL. Have yet to read: “Thai bus driver stayed put after accident, waiting for police...”

That's because if the driver stays, it's not headline news.

[Pink Mist]

I will never understand why someone who is put in charge of driving a bus full of travelers, can just up and leave them after that said driver has an accident and many are injured or dead.  Boggles the mind.....yes the post is symbolically rhetorical because we know this happens more often than not.  Sad really.  

2 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

That's because if the driver stays, it's not headline news.

This would always be headline news as someone died and many more (40) were injured.

[StayinThailand2much]

3 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

That's because if the driver stays, it's not headline news.

There’s still the killed and injured victims.

[3NUMBAS]

where is the place all these flee ers is ?

they must all end up somewhere where flee ers congregate en masse

[youreavinalaff]

2 minutes ago, Pink Mist said:

I will never understand why someone who is put in charge of driving a bus full of travelers, can just up and leave them after that said driver has an accident and many are injured or dead.  Boggles the mind.....yes the post is symbolically rhetorical because we know this happens more often than not.  Sad really.  

This would always be headline news as someone died and many more (40) were injured.

 

1 minute ago, StayinThailand2much said:

There’s still the killed and injured victims.

With the amount of accidents in Thailand each day, with hundreds of injuries and many deaths, it is unlikely all would be covered in the media.

 

Bad reporting anyway. The Bangkok to Ubon/Ubon to Bangkok bus doesn't go anywhere near Phayakaphum Phisai. It goes along Route 24.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

19 minutes ago, Pink Mist said:

I will never understand why someone who is put in charge of driving a bus full of travelers, can just up and leave them after that said driver has an accident and many are injured or dead.  Boggles the mind.....yes the post is symbolically rhetorical because we know this happens more often than not.  Sad really.  

 

I've  seen it said before, by Thais, that the reason the bus drivers often flee in these kinds of circumstances, particularly involving fatalities, is that they fear they'll be attacked by the survivors and/or family members of the injured/deceased...

 

Kind of like when Thai police do their infamous re-enactments involving the suspects in major crimes, and the surrounding villagers and family members involvved often try to fight their way past police to attack the suspects.

 

The driver, from my farang perspective, may also want to buy some time so that whatever alcohol and/or drugs may be in their system have a chance to decline by the time they end up being drug/alcohol tested by police.

 

[it is what it is]

i love the logic that guys like this don't twig that the bus company will know who was driving. running away is a waste of time and effort.

[BritManToo]

19 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

i love the logic that guys like this don't twig that the bus company will know who was driving. running away is a waste of time and effort.

 

Running away is to avoid positive drug testing. So completely worthwhile. 

[Boyn]

Dont they always run home to mum?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

20 minutes ago, Boyn said:

Dont they always run home to mum?

That too... ????

 

[lungbing]

Surely the driver has nothing to fear if the brakes failed as usual?

[steven100]

2 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

where is the place all these flee ers is ?

they must all end up somewhere where flee ers congregate en masse

no .....  he's at his mama's house out the back in the long grass.  

[bignok]

Night buses are dangerous. Lots of drugged up drivers I think. Avoid.

[gomangosteen]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

 

Running away is to avoid positive drug testing. So completely worthwhile. 

Yes.

 

My partner was, prior to her current role,  an auditor for the commercial claims at Virayah insurance.

 

A drugged or drink driver may void a company's insurance - so in effect it's a double-edged situation where if the driver is drugged, or drunk, it is possibly an advantage to the bus company if he flees, later gets charged for that offence, and uses the usual 'brake fail' reason.

 

It's a crooked system through and through.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

17 minutes ago, bignok said:

Night buses are dangerous. Lots of drugged up drivers I think. Avoid.

 

And part of the reason for that is -- the government doesn't effectively enforce rules against excessive, uninterrupted work hours by drivers, and thus the companies don't effectively enforce it either. 

 

Thus you get bus drivers who have been driving too long without enough rest or enough sleep, and often end up taking some form of drugs to stay awake... particular on those long, interprovincial night trips.

 

[bignok]

5 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

Yes.

 

My partner was, prior to her current role,  an auditor for the commercial claims at Virayah insurance.

 

A drugged or drink driver may void a company's insurance - so in effect it's a double-edged situation where if the driver is drugged, or drunk, it is possibly an advantage to the bus company if he flees, later gets charged for that offence, and uses the usual 'brake fail' reason.

 

It's a crooked system through and through.

Red Bull is 10 baht. Why don't they drink 2 red bulls?

[webfact]

One Person Dead, 42 Injured after Bus Crash in Mahasarakham, Bus Driver Flees
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

PHOTO Payak Poompisai Rescue Team

 

Mahasarakham – One person has died while 42 people have sustained injuries after a passenger bus crashed in Mahasarakham, in the northeast of Thailand.

The Ratcharoen Police were notified of the accident after midnight (April 24th) in the Payak Poompisai district. Emergency responders reported that they arrived at the scene to find a damaged bus just off the road.

 

One person was found dead inside the bus which was identified by rescue teams as Ms. Umaphon Kampapan, 34, from Yasothorn. Forty-two people had also sustained various injuries and thirty-eight of them were taken to various hospitals.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/04/24/one-person-dead-42-injured-after-bus-crash-in-mahasarakham-bus-driver-flees/

 

-- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2023-04-25

 

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[Lucky Bones]

9 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

where is the place all these flee ers is ?

they must all end up somewhere where flee ers congregate en masse

Moms house.????????

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A tour bus driver fled the scene after losing control and crashing in Maha Sahakham province in northeast Thailand this morning. One person was killed in the crash and 40 more people were injured.

Find the animal that did a runner after this accident and charge him with everything you can think of.

[RichardColeman]

Until the companies are made financially liable for the deaths and injuries and have to pay millions in compensation and a law of 10 years imprisonment for leaving the scene when someone dies is introduced, noting will change in this idiotic traffic menallity country

[PETERTHEEATER]

13 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

where is the place all these flee ers is ?

they must all end up somewhere where flee ers congregate en masse

Moma's

[Peterphuket]

Awareness of responsibility can be learned!

 

Would it not be wise from first grade elementary school, to instill this in people.

After all you see it not only in traffic but encounter it everywhere in the Thai community.

If you do something to others, no matter what it is, you must be aware that is has consequences.

 

 

[Bangkok Barry]

15 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Kind of like when Thai police do their infamous re-enactments involving the suspects in major crimes, and the surrounding villagers and family members involvved often try to fight their way past police to attack the suspects.

I remember many years ago the police did one of their re-enactments around where Mor Chit BTS station is now, and the crowd there tore him to pieces. Can't remember what he had been arrested more.

[Bangkok Barry]

Thai Sriram Company’s tour bus from Ubon Ratchathani to Bangkok lost control

 

No it didn't. And isn't this a normal route with nothing to do with tours? Two errors in one sentence? A Thai journalist I worked with made three errors in his opening paragraph, so probably not unusual.

[Henryford]

Why do they flee the scene. Do they really think the Police can't find out who was driving?

[VinnieK]

15 hours ago, it is what it is said:

i love the logic that guys like this don't twig that the bus company will know who was driving. running away is a waste of time and effort.

No it's not 

It's easy to disappear..if you are Thai obviously.

..and have IQ above 20.

 

 

[Henryford]

15 minutes ago, Henryford said:

Why do they flee the scene. Do they really think the Police can't find out who was driving?

Stupid me, i guess it's to sober up before the Police question them.

[brianthainess]

16 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

 

With the amount of accidents in Thailand each day, with hundreds of injuries and many deaths, it is unlikely all would be covered in the media.

 

Bad reporting anyway. The Bangkok to Ubon/Ubon to Bangkok bus doesn't go anywhere near Phayakaphum Phisai. It goes along Route 24.

It was a TOUR bus not a public bus, which could mean not a normal public bus route.