The incident  occurred when a pickup truck flew across the median of a six-lane road, crashing into a car and ripping it apart. The collision tragically claimed the life of a 28-year-old man, who died at the scene. The driver of the pickup claims his vehicle was struck from behind before the incident.

 

At approximately 21:30 on October 17,  Lieutenant Pramote Kongnantha, an investigation officer from the Makham Police Station, was alerted to a fatal accident between a pickup truck and a sedan. The crash resulted in one fatality and two injuries on Route 317, Chanthaburi-Sa Kaeo outbound, near the Makham Post Office in Chanthaburi Province. Rescue teams were dispatched with cutting tools to extract the victims trapped inside their vehicles.

 

 

Upon arrival, authorities discovered a black Mitsubishi pickup truck overturned and was severely damaged. Two people were injured in the vehcile: Mr. Narong (surname withheld), 52, and a 7-year-old girl. Rescue teams quickly freed them from the wreckage and transported them to Makham Hospital.

 

Approximately 20 metres away, a Mitsubishi car from Rayong was found facing the wrong direction, heavily damaged with half of the vehicle destroyed. Inside the wreckage, rescue workers found the body of Mr. Dechnarong (surname withheld), 28, who had died on impact. It took rescuers over 30 minutes to cut through the wreckage and recover his body.

 

According to Lieutenant Pramote’s initial investigation, Mr. Narong had been driving the pickup truck with his 7-year-old niece after purchasing supplies for his durian orchard in Chaman Subdistrict, heading home to Tha Mai District. The driver claimed that a vehicle following him clipped the rear of his truck, causing him to lose control and cross the median, slamming into the oncoming sedan, leading to the fatal collision.

 

The police are continuing their investigation to determine the exact cause of the accident. Both vehicles’ dash cameras have been seized for analysis. Authorities are committed to ensuring a fair and transparent investigation for all parties involved.

 

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-- 2024-10-18

 

  

3 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

The police are continuing their investigation to determine the exact cause of the accident. Both vehicles’ dash cameras have been seized for analysis. Authorities are committed to ensuring a fair and transparent investigation for all parties involved.

 

Glad to see both had dashcams, shouldn't take long to figure out if the pickup driver is lying, but I'll go with ...Yes.

possible speeding road rage incident - you don't see many of those on thai roads

 

 

RIP to the young man minding his own business that never saw it coming 

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

Approximately 20 metres away, a Mitsubishi car from Rayong was found facing the wrong direction, heavily damaged with half of the vehicle destroyed.

Only Half destroyed ? looks compliantly destroyed to me.

17 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Only Half destroyed ? looks compliantly destroyed to me.

Thais really know how to destroy vehicles.

17 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Only Half destroyed ? looks compliantly destroyed to me.

That would probably be due the 30 minutes that emergency services took to CUT him out of the vehicle... lateral thinking?

You can see where the driver was cut free. Nothing to do with the front and rear end damage. Lateral thinking? No. Open ones eyes........yes.