Tragic collision in Thailand’s west claims life in high-speed horror

[snoop1130]

 

A fatal collision between a saloon car and a pickup truck occurred on the roads of Kanchanaburi province, western Thailand. The high-speed crash resulted in the death of a man who was thrown from the pickup truck and subsequently crushed. The incident was reported to Tha Mueang Police Station at 3.30am today.

 

Investigations at the fatal collision scene revealed a saloon car, an MG with registration number 2KH8395 from Bangkok, had collided head-on with a barrier in the middle of the road.

 

Underneath the wreckage, the body of 44 year old man, named Kitti, was discovered. He had been crushed against the barrier and trapped under the car. It took officials, including those from the Khun Rattanawut Foundation and on-duty doctors, approximately 20 minutes to extract the body from the wreckage.

 

About 50 metres away, a Toyota pickup truck, registered in Suphan Buri with the number PH4931, was also found. The front of the vehicle had collided with the barrier, while the rear displayed signs of a high-impact collision.

 

The front bumper of the saloon car was discovered underneath the pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck, 47 years old Thunpisit, revealed that he, the deceased, and another friend had been out catching crabs in the area of Dan Makham Tia since dusk. After achieving their target amount, they were heading home to Don Salaep in Huai Krachao, Kanchanaburi.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Photo: KhaoSod

 

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[richard_smith237]

Diving at night on Thailands inter provincial roads - a complete no-no IMO.

 

Did the pickup have lights on at all ? 
Was it really indicating when it had stopped in the middle of the rd to turn right ?

 

Driver of sedan car didn’t see the stopped pickup, much windscreen tint ?

 

 

[PJ71]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Diving at night on Thailands inter provincial roads - a complete no-no IMO.

 

Did the pickup have lights on at all ? 
Was it really indicating when it had stopped in the middle of the rd to turn right ?

 

Driver of sedan car didn’t see the stopped pickup, much windscreen tint ?

 

 

Stop it........

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

After achieving their target amount, they were heading home to Don Salaep in Huai Krachao, Kanchanaburi.

At Mach 3

[Hardcastle P]

A vehicle is supposed to be deflected by a safety barrier not dig into it and stop.

[brianthainess]

These Dark tints on front and rear screens should be banned IMO but the RTP love them too so will never happen.

[No Forwarding Address]

Okay, I'll jump in, who drives on Thai roads at high speed at 3:30 AM  -  Drunks - and crab fishermen??   something doesn't add up.

[brianthainess]

28 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

the ‘journalist’

Probably got in his/her dark tinted car and drove home. 

[jchfriis]

From the linked article:

"

Thunpisit continued to explain that as they reached the junction leading to Kanchanaburi bypass road, he indicated to turn left when the saloon car, travelling at high speed, slammed into the rear of his truck.

The impact caused his vehicle to veer and hit the road barrier. Kitti, who had been sitting in the back of the pickup, was thrown from the vehicle by the impact and hit the ground. The saloon car then dragged him into the barrier, resulting in his death, reported KhaoSod.

Thunpisit added that the young female driver of the saloon car sustained minor injuries. She apologised, claiming she hadn’t seen his vehicle ahead, causing her to crash into it at high speed. This ultimately led to the fatal collision."

 

 

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, OccamsRazor said:

Not at all conclusive as you can only see the top of the windshield.  Most cars have a shade band aka sunstrip at the top of the windshield to reduce sun glare.

'Most cars' have dark tint all round that is downright dangerous at night...

 

Just take a look around....  Of course, if you want 'conclusive' you'll have to measure the 'tint' of the car involved... otherwise, we are dealing with speculation and likelihood on a discussion forum. 

 

The 'speculation' that the girl didn't see the pickup (or saw it late) due to dark tint on her windscreen is extremely valid given what we see around us every day.

 

Additionally, the 'speculation' that the pickup was not indicicating is also valid for the same reasons. 

 

Its also possible that the pickup driver had stopped in the road due to indecision - I very much doubt he was 100% truthful with his side of events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[metisdead]

Some off topic deflection posts in violation of our Community Standards and the replies have been removed.

[djayz]

8 hours ago, No Forwarding Address said:

Okay, I'll jump in, who drives on Thai roads at high speed at 3:30 AM  -  Drunks - and crab fishermen??   something doesn't add up.

I do and I'm neither a drunk nor a fisherman. What's your point?