A navy officer was severely injured after his pickup truck crashed into a utility pole and flipped onto its roof on a road in Chon Buri province, trapping him inside the vehicle. The incident occurred at around 9.20pm yesterday on Highway 3126 in the Sattahip district, near the Navy’s fuel depot. Emergency services had to use hydraulic rescue tools to extricate the 48 year old officer, Waiwit Phakdisriphaeng, from the wreckage.

 

Photo courtesy of SiamRath

 

As soon as the distress call was received, rescue teams from Sawang Rojanathammasathan Foundation, alongside medical personnel from the Apakorn Kiartiwong Hospital and a disaster relief unit from the Udomsak Municipality, rushed to the scene. They found the bronze Toyota Vigo overturned, with its wheels pointing skyward and the driver trapped inside. It took the rescue team more than twenty minutes to carefully free him from the severely damaged vehicle, reported KhaoSod.

 

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Waiwit Phakdisriphaeng, a navy official stationed in the Sattahip area, was in critical condition following the accident. He was immediately rushed to the Queen Sirikit Naval Hospital for urgent medical attention. His wife, who arrived at the scene after being informed of the accident, stood by in tears as she watched the frantic rescue efforts.

 

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Preliminary investigations suggest that Waiwit lost control of his vehicle due to high speed, which led to the fatal crash against the street light pole, resulting in the truck overturning. Officers from Plu Ta Luang Police Station have documented the scene and are conducting further inquiries into the cause of the accident to proceed with legal action.

A similar event was reported in Chon Buri just a week ago. A BMW lost control, crashed into a bridge pillar, killing a passenger and critically injuring the driver. Witnesses reported excessive speed as a contributing factor.

 

 

by Nattapong Westwood 

Top Photo courtesy of SiamRath

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-02-20

 

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Blood/alcohol test and phone records?

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

and are conducting further inquiries into the cause of the accident to proceed with legal action.

Sue the street lighting pole ! And take away it's licence to be there and shine. 555

Judging by the picture and how the car look, this guy would probably be more lucky dead.

22 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Blood/alcohol test and phone records?

You forgot test for ganja and other drugs. (The police usually forget as well.)

why don't they ever say ....noodle stand owner injured in road accident. 

 

Jeez! He must have been flying to cause that much damage.

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Preliminary investigations suggest that Waiwit lost control of his vehicle due to high speed, which led to the fatal crash

 

i read and reread what was in this article on AN and thaiger.... my fracking question is:

"WHO DIED?"  doesnt fatal still mean someone died in the english language?

quality writing once again

Note to self: Do not ever own a Bronze vehicle, they seem to always be the ones involved in Accidents. 

Excessive speed and poor driving, maybe more, combined to make a life changing situation yet again. Happens far too often.

 

The driver had to very lucky to survive this impact.

 

 

 

If you drive responsibly your car does not end up like that. It just doesn't.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Preliminary investigations suggest that Waiwit lost control of his vehicle due to high speed, which led to the fatal crash against the street light pole, resulting in the truck overturning

He wasn't hanging around looking at the photo.

Stop calling them accidents, they are collisions or at a pinch, incidents.

 

Accidents implies a lack of cause or blame, which is never the case.

ThaiRSC gives daily and yearly totals for road injuries and deaths.

 

https://www.thairsc.com/eng/

 

If you compare with most western countries, the big difference is motorcycles injuries and deaths, due to the amount of motorcycles in each country.

 

UK general data and motorcycle specific data.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-motorcyclist-factsheet-2022/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-motorcyclist-factsheet-2022#motorcycle-traffic-and-reported-casualties

 

 

 

5 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Jeez! He must have been flying to cause that much damage.

 

Probably a Naval Aviator from the aircraft carrier at Sattahip.

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Note to self: Do not ever own a Bronze vehicle, they seem to always be the ones involved in Accidents. 

Vehicles described as Bronze are, to a farang eye, silver.

20 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Vehicles described as Bronze are, to a farang eye, silver.

Bit like red then, Thais see that as green.  🚦  

8 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

i read and reread what was in this article on AN and thaiger.... my fracking question is:

"WHO DIED?" 

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

which led to the fatal crash against the street light pole,

looks like it was the Street light pole that was fatally injured and now won’t be providing anymore light to that stretch of highway anymore. 

The lighting pole then fled the scene.. but was found later hiding at it's mums house...