Wrong-Way Driver travels 3 km on expressway, collides with barrier, and dies in tragic accident

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

A young woman driving a car in the wrong direction for nearly 3 kilometers on the expressway collided with a barrier, causing the vehicle to fall and result in her death. The other woman in the car sustained severe injuries.

 

Reporters today (April 30th) said that around 04:20 AM, police from Kannayao Police Station, Expressway Police Station 1, and rescue workers from Poh Teck Tung Foundation were alerted to an accident involving a car falling from the expressway. They rushed to the scene to investigate.

 

At the Chalerm Ratch Expressway near Jatuchote Road, a gray Honda City with the license plate number 1579 Bangkok was found fallen from the expressway, flipped over, and heavily damaged. Two young women were trapped inside the car, and rescue workers had to use cutting equipment to remove the doors and extract the injured victims.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The driver was killed as a result of being crushed by the car's console, while the passenger seated beside her sustained severe injuries and had numerous cuts on her face. Both women, whose names are unknown and carried no identification, were estimated to be between 20-30 years old. The injured passenger was rushed to Phumipol Hospital, reported Sanook.

 

Upon investigation, it was found that the car had entered the expressway near Sukhaphiban 5 tollgate, heading towards Phra Ram 9 Road. After paying the toll, the car made a U-turn and drove in the wrong direction towards the entrance of Jatuchote Road. Originally, this area had two lanes open for entry from Jatuchote Road, with the other two lanes being elevated. Authorities had placed barriers to block the elevated lanes.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Had the car been driven normally, it would have passed through two lanes before merging into four lanes after passing the barrier. However, since the deceased driver had been traveling in the wrong direction, she collided with the barrier, causing the car to fall from the expressway along with three additional barriers. The car had traveled almost 3 kilometers in the wrong direction.

 

Preliminary reports suggest that the deceased and injured women had previously visited an entertainment venue in the Hua Tai Rat area, where a Songkran festival event was held. Many people have expressed condolences on the deceased's final post.

 

Authorities will perform a detailed autopsy on the deceased, as well as test for alcohol and drug levels in her body. They will collect additional evidence before concluding the cause of this accident.

 

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[RichardColeman]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

However, since the deceased driver had been traveling in the wrong direction, she collided with the barrier, causing the car to fall from the expressway along with three additional barriers.

Sounds it was more like speed and not looking where she was going than driving the wrong way

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Sounds it was more like speed and not looking where she was going than driving the wrong way

Looking at the photo it appears because of driving the wrong way she ran off of the end of the freeway.

[stoner]

they need to stop using the word tragic in these stories. 

[Enoon]

57 minutes ago, stoner said:

they need to stop using the word tragic in these stories. 

......and use the words "jaw-droppingly stupid" instead?

 

 

[Henryford]

4.20 am just visited the entertainment area. I wonder what the alcohol tests will show !

[phetphet]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Looking at the photo it appears because of driving the wrong way she ran off of the end of the freeway.

I agree.

It couldn't have been much of a barrier. Looking at the photo and what is laying behind the workers, a piece of approx 12" x 12" concrete laid across the end of the road.

[Snugs08]

Strange on the ID for two people, female Thais almost always carry their ID in my experience. 

[KannikaP]

How did she get back through the toll booth?

And what WAS her last post, and more importantly WHEN?

[brianthainess]

5 minutes ago, phetphet said:

I agree.

It couldn't have been much of a barrier. Looking at the photo and what is laying behind the workers, a piece of approx 12" x 12" concrete laid across the end of the road.

 

5 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Looking at the photo it appears because of driving the wrong way she ran off of the end of the freeway.

I came that way not so long ago in broad daylight and thought how easy it would be to make that mistake, the barriers should be able to stop cars even getting close to the edge and looks like no lighting, these unfinished elevations are all over the place now.  

[FriendlyFarang]

2 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I came that way not so long ago in broad daylight and thought how easy it would be to make that mistake

Who thinks it's possible to U-turn across lanes on a motorway?

 

Here a picture of the section, she had to drive at quite some speed to make it through the second barrier after crashing into the first.

 

 

[sammieuk1]

It looks like the end of the road for her literally ????Rip 

[Grumpy one]

 

What will the police claim to be the cause of this stuff up.

1  Air Brakes failed.

2  Brain failure.

 

[dingdongrb]

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

4.20 am just visited the entertainment area. I wonder what the alcohol tests will show !

4:20   .......hmmmmm  maybe she should have been smoking a big fatty instead of indulging in alcohol?

 

 

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, FriendlyFarang said:

Who thinks it's possible to U-turn across lanes on a motorway?

 

Here a picture of the section, she had to drive at quite some speed to make it through the second barrier after crashing into the first.

 

 

My bad, must have been another one as I was driving in the  right direction and the first 'barrier' was just frigging cones.

[kcpattaya]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Many people have expressed condolences on the deceased's final post.

And they didn't know the identity?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Preliminary reports suggest that the deceased and injured women had previously visited an entertainment venue in the Hua Tai Rat area, where a Songkran festival event was held.

And the accident was reported at 04:20 am..

DUI ?

[MrJ2U]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Looking at the photo it appears because of driving the wrong way she ran off of the end of the freeway.

That looks like it couldn't be much clearer.

 

Perhaps instead of just barriers they could have also put down bits of tree branches as a warning.

 

Poor girls. 

[Pink Mist]

Reported Troll Post and responses removed.

[Bangkok Barry]

This is one of the reasons why, when friends overseas have asked me whether Thais drive on the left or right I answer "Yes."

[fvw53]

5 hours ago, Enoon said:

......and use the words "jaw-droppingly stupid" instead?

 

 

I agree /  a few weeks ago I passed on the Chaengwattana express way a car driving backwards (with flashing lights) about 2 to 3 Km further than the exit it had missed...This is a toll road and apparently they did not want to use the next exit and then return...

[Bangkok Barry]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Authorities will perform a detailed autopsy on the deceased, as well as test for alcohol and drug levels in her body. They will collect additional evidence before concluding the cause of this accident.

And we'll never know, will we, because we never get an update unless it's about a serial killer or a particularly crooked policeman.

[oldestswinger]

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Sounds it was more like speed and not looking where she was going than driving the wrong way

I use that section of the expressway every day. She was going the wrong way.

[Chongalulu]

6 hours ago, Henryford said:

4.20 am just visited the entertainment area. I wonder what the alcohol tests will show !

They were too drunk to wear seatbelts….? ???? 

[Reigntax]

7 hours ago, Enoon said:

......and use the words "jaw-droppingly stupid" instead?

 

 

Commonly referred to as death by Darwinism.

[gerritkaew]

just the way people driving in here, nothing special about it.

it starts by the age of 11 until they dye by a m.bike crash or like this, a car...

Luckely no other victims on the ground, normally must have bin people sleep or partiing there...

[Reigntax]

6 hours ago, dingdongrb said:

4:20   .......hmmmmm  maybe she should have been smoking a big fatty instead of indulging in alcohol?

 

 

Well it did say she knocked over a few cones !!

[Jonathan Swift]

1 hour ago, nchuckle said:

They were too drunk to wear seatbelts….? ???? 

From the wreckage it doesn't look like seatbelts would have helped much. 

[klauskunkel]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

names are unknown and carried no identification

driving without driver's license?

[Chongalulu]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

From the wreckage it doesn't look like seatbelts would have helped much. 

Yes,it looks bad,but seatbelts will always help. You can’t defy the law of physics but It may have been the difference between death and bad injury ?