Speeding pickup truck shatters young life in Nonthaburi accident

[snoop1130]

 

A tragic accident claimed the life of a four year old boy, six days after he was critically injured by a speeding Toyota pickup truck in Nonthaburi province. The incident, which occurred around 8.50pm on Saturday, August 26, left the young boy, known as Khao Oat, with severe injuries, including a skull fracture, broken ribs, a broken left arm, and a punctured lung.

 

Khao Oat was playing near a hostel along the  Klong Khun Si Road in Sai Noi district when the accident occurred. His father was across the road, gathering vegetables by the canal. Seeing his father, the young boy tried to cross the road and was hit by the speeding pickup. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene immediately after the accident.

 

Despite being rushed to Phra Nangklao Hospital, Khao Oat could not be saved and died last night. His parents, Naphaporn Thienwan and Boonchuay Leebamroong, have since lodged a police report and are seeking justice for their son’s untimely death.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Image via Khaosod

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/speeding-pickup-hits-and-kills-four-year-old-boy-in-nonthaburi-sparking-community-demand-for-stricter-speed-limits

 

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[richard_smith237]

As usual... the headline is completely wrong when laying responsibility at an inanimate object.... 

 

 

Speeding driver in pickup truck shatters young life in Nonthaburi accident

 

There, re-written for accuracy...

[NoDisplayName]

Partially, yes.

 

But I'd rewrite it to apportion a big helping of blame to the inattentive parent(s) neglecting a four-year-old, allowing him to play in a busy street.

[anterian]

I see a near miss nearly every day in my village, vehicle speeds are excessive, especially with motorbikes, and children use the road as a play area. 

[hotchilli]

From the Link:

An eyewitness to the accident, a 62 year old security guard at the hostel who wished to remain anonymous, described the horrific incident. He said he saw Khao Oat playing near his father’s pickup truck before he made the fatal decision to cross the road. A motorcyclist passed by, causing the young boy to pause momentarily. However, as soon as the motorbike was gone, the young boy was hit by the speeding Toyota pickup.

 

Both at fault, and a father who should have been more responsible.

[Bangkok Barry]

10 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

Partially, yes.

 

But I'd rewrite it to apportion a big helping of blame to the inattentive parent(s) neglecting a four-year-old, allowing him to play in a busy street.

I guess you missed this part:

Seeing his father, the young boy tried to cross the road and was hit by the speeding pickup.

[brianthainess]

10 hours ago, anterian said:

I see a near miss nearly every day in my village, vehicle speeds are excessive, especially with motorbikes, and children use the road as a play area. 

In 'my' village young kids are sent to buy stuff from vendors and 7/11 by their parents every day.

[NoDisplayName]

5 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I guess you missed this part:

Seeing his father, the young boy tried to cross the road and was hit by the speeding pickup.

So..........you're saying the responsible father DIDN'T leave his four-year-old child unattended beside a busy street?

 

Oh, wait.......he DID.  Daddy needs to be prosecuted for child abuse and reckless endangerment leading to serious injury or death.  Hopefully he can share a jail cell with the hit-n-run pickup driver, and both of them can ponder their life choices.

 

Although truthfully, the pickup driver may have been texting and unaware he'd hit a child, so there's that.  When the police eventually locate him, if there's no serious damage to his 2-ton vehicle, a glancing blow might not have made enough noise to be heard over the stereo.

[Cardinalblue1958]

So what’s the problem here…seems quite normal…kids playing on the road, speeding drivers for conditions and parents’ lackadaisical approach to parenting 

[richard_smith237]

6 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

16 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

Partially, yes.

 

But I'd rewrite it to apportion a big helping of blame to the inattentive parent(s) neglecting a four-year-old, allowing him to play in a busy street.

I guess you missed this part:

Seeing his father, the young boy tried to cross the road and was hit by the speeding pickup.

The child was still left unattended in a position where they can run out into a road. 

 

There was a failure in supervision from the primary career in that situation. 

 

The father's failure in his duty of care was also a contributing factor in this child's tragic demise. 

 

Of course, the speeding pickup driver is also obviously to blame.

 

 

What we have here, as with most similar incidents in Thailand is a 'dual failure'...  had either party not 'failed' in their responsibilities, this tragic event would not have occurred. 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

32 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

Although truthfully, the pickup driver may have been texting and unaware he'd hit a child, so there's that.  When the police eventually locate him, if there's no serious damage to his 2-ton vehicle, a glancing blow might not have made enough noise to be heard over the stereo.

Anyone driving with any sense of responsibility and awareness knows when they hit a drain cover. 

 

Any debate of whether or not the pick-up driver know's he hit a child highlights such degree of in-attention to the task at hand [driving] that there is an an element of criminal negligence.

[NoDisplayName]

36 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Anyone driving with any sense of responsibility and awareness knows when they hit a drain cover. 

 

Any debate of whether or not the pick-up driver know's he hit a child highlights such degree of in-attention to the task at hand [driving] that there is an an element of criminal negligence.

But do they?  Pickup driver was passing a car parked in the street on the wrong side with that driver appearing to be fetching vittles from a moto-sidecar, at the same time an oncoming scooter was moving into the center of the lane to pass the parked car.  Pickup driver would have been focused on that.

 

He's got plenty of valid excuses, doesn't even have to resort to brake failure or micro-sleep.  We don't even know if he was speeding........that's just the headline.

[PETERTHEEATER]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A tragic accident claimed the life of a four year old boy, six days after he was critically injured by a speeding Toyota pickup truck......

Surely the boy would have been in hospital yet he was in an accident?????

[richard_smith237]

7 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

But do they?  Pickup driver was passing a car parked in the street on the wrong side with that driver appearing to be fetching vittles from a moto-sidecar, at the same time an oncoming scooter was moving into the center of the lane to pass the parked car.  Pickup driver would have been focused on that.

 

He's got plenty of valid excuses, doesn't even have to resort to brake failure or micro-sleep.  We don't even know if he was speeding........that's just the headline.

 

Agreed... we don't know if he was speeding, its just the headline. 

 

However, as the child was critically injured speed is most likely a factor. 

 

Firstly... stopping distance... But maybe there was no option to brake at all as the child ran out... 

So then it's down to simple impact speed and the chances of survival of an impact at that speed.

 

 

With increased speed, there is a higher probability of death.

As this incident resulted in a death, its likely the car was travelling a speed which exceeded what we (in the west) would accept as safe bounds. 

 

With all of the hazards around (as you described) the vehicle should be travelling more slowly, rather than blaming any distraction on those hazards. 

 

This is not like a child running out onto main road or highway - its a fairly quiet rural street - the car was going too fast and didn't slow to any potential interpreted risk because he didn't interpret any risk at all... Why ? careless driver (through lack of driving education).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A tragic accident claimed the life of a four year old boy, six days after he was critically injured by a speeding Toyota pickup truck......

Surely the boy would have been in hospital yet he was in an accident?????

 

Erm... no.... just one accident, after which he was in hospital for six days, then died. 

 

As is so common with the articles we read here, the standards of reporting are atrocious...

 

 

 

 

[LivinLOS]

On 9/1/2023 at 8:31 AM, richard_smith237 said:

Anyone driving with any sense of responsibility and awareness

Theres your problem right there..