Luxury Porsche worth 5 million baht goes up in flames after crashing in Phitsanulok

[webfact]

 

A Porsche Panamera, estimated to be worth no less than 5 million baht, was found engulfed in flames after veering off the road and crashing into an electric pole at 1.40am this morning, in the Phlai Chumphon area of Phitsanulok. Police and rescue teams rushed to the accident scene only to find the driver missing.

 

Upon arrival at the scene in Phlai Chumphon Subdistrict, Phitsanulok, emergency services encountered the white Porsche ablaze, with firefighters from the municipal office and volunteers from Prasat Boonsathan Foundation battling the fierce flames for approximately two hours before bringing the fire under control. Remarkably, there were no casualties or fatalities discovered.

 

Thanakorn Tharariyo, a rescue worker from the Prasat Boonsathan Foundation, expressed his surprise upon finding no driver or passengers at the scene. He speculated that relatives might have taken the occupants for medical treatment before the team’s arrival. Furthermore, the collision caused a widespread power outage, which the electricity authority addressed subsequently.

 

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

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[Geoffggi]

17 minutes ago, webfact said:

He speculated that relatives might have taken the occupants for medical treatment before the team’s arrival.

Alternatively he skipped out of there to sober up & no drunk driving charge -  Strange nobody knows anything........!!!

[Georgealbert]

Thought I would try to get in before the normal EV conspiracies start, like after almost every car fire reported in the forum.

 

This is a front end impact fire caused by collision with the concrete post, probably at speed. I would expect alcohol was the main factor, hence no driver at the scene.

 

The Porsche Panamera, does have a hybrid model, but the battery is in the rear/boot, the area undamaged in the photo.

 

No idea why it is reported that it 2 hours to extinguish, as the fire damage for 2 hours burning seems very limited. I would question the equipment, training and water supply available, to the responders.

 

 

 

 

[retarius]

Seems cheap for a Porsche. $150,000 roughly, a 911 was that in the US when I was working over 18 years ago. I didn't know the Panamera was a cheaper car.Great the driver was using it to carry fertilizer.  Lucky has wasn't killed. 

[Upnotover]

9 minutes ago, retarius said:

Seems cheap for a Porsche. $150,000 roughly, a 911 was that in the US when I was working over 18 years ago. I didn't know the Panamera was a cheaper car.Great the driver was using it to carry fertilizer.  Lucky has wasn't killed. 

• Porsche panamera 4 e-hybrid ราคา 7,450,000 บาท
• Platinum Edition porsche panamera 4 e-hybrid ราคา 7,790,000 บาท
• Porsche panamera 4 E-Hybrid Executive ราคา 7,850,000 บาท
• Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo ราคา 7,650,000 บาท
• Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid ราคา 8,550,000 บาท
• Porsche Panamera GTS ราคา 14,800,000 บาท
• Porsche Panamera GTS Sport Turismo ราคา 15,000,000 บาท
• Porsche Panamera Turbo S ราคา 17,300,000 บาท
• Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid ราคา 17,800,000 บาท

[Georgealbert]

9 minutes ago, retarius said:

Seems cheap for a Porsche. $150,000 roughly, a 911 was that in the US when I was working over 18 years ago. I didn't know the Panamera was a cheaper car.Great the driver was using it to carry fertilizer. Lucky has wasn't killed. 

The Panamera is not priced on the Porsche wed site, as I believe there is new models to be released March 2024. So would appear this was an older model. Full comparison of all prices in link.

 

https://www.porsche.com/pap/_thailand_/models/

[Sydebolle]

Well, well, after a 25+ years absence, the tag line "the driver fled the scene" is back ........... 

[ikke1959]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He speculated that relatives might have taken the occupants for medical treatment before the team’s arrival.

yes I believe that too,, but the truth will be different probably.. fleeing after an accident is normal in Thailand.. probably drugs, alcohol, speeding or whatever, and high ranked persons, because a 5 million Porsche can't buy everyone... 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A Porsche Panamera, estimated to be worth no less than 5 million baht

Cost 5 million baht.... not worth 5 million baht.

[zhounan]

No worries, his daddy will buy another one.

[Grumpy one]

Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz   

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

firefighters from the municipal office and volunteers from Prasat Boonsathan Foundation battling the fierce flames for approximately two hours before bringing the fire under control

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thanakorn Tharariyo, a rescue worker from the Prasat Boonsathan Foundation, expressed his surprise upon finding no driver or passengers at the scene.

He was surprised there were no bodies left in a car that had been blazing for two hours. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he.

[Clarkey611]

It cannot have been the B*ss fellow then, as he would have provided someone else to take the blame.

[bradiston]

4 hours ago, retarius said:

Seems cheap for a Porsche. $150,000 roughly, a 911 was that in the US when I was working over 18 years ago. I didn't know the Panamera was a cheaper car.Great the driver was using it to carry fertilizer.  Lucky has wasn't killed. 

Carrying fertilizer? That was in the article following this one.

[Georgealbert]

15 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Carrying fertilizer? That was in the article following this one.

5555 good comment.

 

I missed that point in the poster’s original comment. Repeated it below for @retarius. Also Aluminum Phosphate is not flammable, but can give off toxic gases when exposed to fire.

 

“In related news, a Thai driver transporting a dangerous chemical called aluminium phosphate, commonly used to eliminate agricultural pests, found himself in a precarious situation when his vehicle caught fire on January 4.

 

The incident unfolded in Soi Porn Sawang 7, Samrong Nua Subdistrict, Samut Prakan. A rapid response by local fire crews and the Ruamkatanyu Foundation contained the situation, preventing a potential disaster.”

Edited February 7 by Georgealbert

[spidermike007]

Very hard to feel sympathy or compassion toward a guy driving what I would consider to be a very ostentatious car, which is a desperate display of his status and wealth, and ends up crashing into a tree. The chances of it being a mechanical problem is probably less than 1%.

[retarius]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Very hard to feel sympathy or compassion toward a guy driving what I would consider to be a very ostentatious car, which is a desperate display of his status and wealth, and ends up crashing into a tree. The chances of it being a mechanical problem is probably less than 1%.

Or he might just have a lot of money ands not even be thinking about ostentation. I've often found it is difficult to know what others are thinking.  Mike, weren't you the one the other day, urging us all, rightly, to be more compassionate in a wonderful post? 

[spidermike007]

37 minutes ago, retarius said:

Or he might just have a lot of money ands not even be thinking about ostentation. I've often found it is difficult to know what others are thinking.  Mike, weren't you the one the other day, urging us all, rightly, to be more compassionate in a wonderful post? 

Yes. It was me. But, not sure my compassion extends to the so called hi-so here, whom I have found to be quite repulsive in their acts and behavior. I know many back in the US who are wealthy. They don't consider themselves special, or above the rest of us. The money based class structure here is rather repugnant. 

[Purdey]

5 million? I would value it around 2,000 Baht. That's just for the metal.

[jacko45k]

Oh dear, that's a shame. Good nobody got hurt.