Woman fatally hit by car at pedestrian crosswalk in Chiang Mai

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A heartbreaking accident took place in Chiang Mai when a 56-year-old woman was hit by a car while crossing a pedestrian crosswalk, leading to her death. The accident occurred yesterday near the Mae Krua Market in the Mae Faek Mai neighborhood of San Sai district.

 

Local police received the incident report, which took place the day prior, involving a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle near a crosswalk close to the Mae Khrua Market. Emergency first responders from Mae Faek also arrived at the scene promptly.

 

The car involved in the accident was a silver Toyota sedan registered in Chiang Mai. The vehicle's front was severely damaged, including a broken windshield. The victim, found on the car's top without a pulse and with an easily seen broken right arm, received immediate CPR from the responders. She was then quickly taken to San Sai Hospital, where she subsequently died from her injuries.

 

The deceased, known as Isaree or Jae La, owned a grocery store in Chiang Mai city.

 

The sedan's driver stayed at the scene and cooperated fully with the police. A friend of Isaree revealed that they had departed from Chiang Mai City at 5 am for a spiritual trip to Phrao District, with nearly 20 people traveling in two vans. Their trip started at 7 am from Doi Wiang Temple, concluding at Mae Pang Temple after visiting a total of nine temples. They were expecting to be back at their Chiang Mai city lodgings by around 1 pm.

 

On reaching the accident area, the group got off to cross the road at the crosswalk to shop at the Mae Khrua Market. One vehicle had already stopped to allow them to cross, and as Isaree dashed across, a car in the right lane fatally struck her. It is thought that she presumed it was safe to cross after the first car halted.

 

The local residents have requested an overhead crosswalk or installment of pedestrian traffic lights to ensure greater safety at road crossings, as hundreds of pedestrians use the busy six-lanes road daily. Otherwise, it was suggested to set pedestrian light timings at intervals of either five or ten minutes. However, concerns were raised that people might still cross the road at ground level, regardless of an overhead crosswalk.

 

Despite previously putting up signs indicating drivers maintain under 50 kilometers per hour within their community area by the Mae Khrua subdistrict municipality, the pedestrian crosswalk continues to be a safety threat to area shoppers. Locals are calling on the Department of Highways and other relevant bodies to promptly address these safety concerns to prevent future accidents from occurring.

 

In the meantime, the police investigators from Mae Faek Police Station have reached out to the deceased's family, on their way to both the police station and the forensic department of Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital. Further discussions with the parties involved are expected to occur.

 

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-- 2024-08-12

 

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[BritManToo]

Until they actually start punishing Thai drivers running through lights And crossings, nothing will ever change.

[novacova]

People driving too fast on that new road, too fast everywhere. Guy was probably playing with his phone when he killed the shop keeper with the car.

[nakhonandy]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Until they actually start punishing Thai drivers running through lights And crossings, nothing will ever change.

Spot on, it happens all over Thailand. 

 

Pedestrian crossings are just ignored by drivers.

[newbee2022]

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Until they actually start punishing Thai drivers running through lights And crossings, nothing will ever change.

Who is "they"?

What punishment? Beating up?

 

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

Who is "they"?

What punishment? Beating up?

 

Thai government.

Jail 5-10 years.

[newbee2022]

37 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Thai government.

Jail 5-10 years.

You know better how laws or law enforcement works. Money rules everything apart from good connections. Eg police "works" only daytime and participate in fines. A change has to start from the very top. Also education in traffic rules should start in kindergarten. But hey, we're in Thailand.