Car Plunges Off Chalongrat Expressway, Killing One

[Georgealbert]

 

 

Pol. Lt. Patinya Jirathakorn, Deputy Investigator at Khanna Yao Police Station,on the evening of October 7, at approximately 20:00, received a report of a fatal crash involving a car that had fallen from the Chalongrat Expressway. The incident occurred near the Chatuchot Ring Road, at the entrance to Soi Nong Rahaeng 7, on Kanchanaphisek Road in Klong Sam Wa district, Bangkok.

 

Emergency responders, including officers from the Expressway Authority of Thailand and volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, were dispatched to the scene.

 

 

Upon arrival, authorities discovered a black Toyota Fortuner flipped upside down. The vehicle was severely damaged and inside the wreckage, the driver was found deceased at the wheel, with multiple injuries. The victim was identified as 52-year-old Mr. Thammarat (last name withheld), a sales manager from Pathum Thani province.

 

Initial investigations suggest that the victim who was driving alone, likely returning from work in the Bang Na area to his home in Lam Luk Ka. It is believed that the driver may have attempted to exit towards Lam Luk Ka but lost control of the vehicle. The car collided with the expressway barrier, flipped, and plunged from a height equivalent to a five-story building.

 

Rescue workers employed hydraulic equipment to extricate the body from the wreckage.

 

The incident is under further investigation by the authorities.

 

Picture from responders.

 

-- 2024-10-08

 

 

[brianthainess]

They really are useless drivers. 

5 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

It is believed that the driver may have attempted to exit towards Lam Luk Ka but lost control of the vehicle.

 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

It is believed that the driver may have attempted to exit towards Lam Luk Ka but lost control of the vehicle. The car collided with the expressway barrier, flipped, and plunged from a height equivalent to a five-story building.

Attempted to exit or fell asleep?

[Captain Flack]

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[Luuk Chaai]

23 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

 

 a car that had fallen from the Chalongrat Expressway. k.

 

 

wow.   it's been almost 1 month since the last ,,   car falls off a an elevated roadway

 

how ?  is this recuuring event even possible ?

 

23 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

 

 

Upon arrival, authorities discovered a black Toyota Fortuner flipped upside down. The vehicle was severely damaged and inside the wreckage, the driver was found deceased at the wheel, with multiple injuries. The victim was identified as 52-year-old Mr. Thammarat (last name withheld), a sales manager from Pathum Thani province.

 

Initial investigations suggest that the victim who was driving alone, likely returning from work in the Bang Na area to his home in Lam Luk Ka. It is believed that the driver may have attempted to exit towards Lam Luk Ka but lost control of the vehicle. The car collided with the expressway barrier, flipped, and plunged from a height equivalent to a five-story building.

 

Rescue workers employed hydraulic equipment to extricate the body from the wreckage.

 

The incident is under further investigation by the authorities.

 

Picture from responders.

 

-- 2024-10-08

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

I have seen cars doing the same sort of thing, all throughout my life.

 

This is why I wonder why we still drive them.

 

In recent years, I have stopped riding in cars, unless, on rare occasions, I have no other choice.

 

Too many are killed in automobiles....

 

This is why I prefer to order online, so that I need not ride in cars....on my way to the shopping centers.

 

Stay safe.

Don't ride in automobiles, is my best thinking.....

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

One other obvious observation:

 

The driver is not at fault, in any case.

 

It is Big G.

 

What is Big G?

 

 

Put simply:

 

What goes up, must come down.

 

Also, the force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between two objects.

 

If ONLY this driver had been driving on the Moon, he need not have had such a hard landing, as on planet Earth.

 

So, choose your planet wisely, anytime you decide to drive off an elevated bridge...I guess....is the lesson here.