First Fatality: Motorcyclist Dies in Crash on Newly Opened U-Turn Bridge

[Georgealbert]

 

 

A crash claimed the life of a 32-year-old man from Si Sa Ket when his motorcycle collided with the edge of a newly constructed U-turn bridge in Samat Prakan. The impact caused him to fall to the ground below, resulting in fatal injuries.

 

The incident occurred on the night of November 16 at approximately 23:00. Police from Bang Bo Police Station, medical personnel from Bang Bo Hospital, and rescue workers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation responded to the scene on Theparat Road in Ban Rakat Subdistrict, Bang Bo District.

 

Underneath the U-turn bridge near kilometre marker 32 on the inbound expressway, authorities discovered the lifeless body of the victim, identified only as Mr. A. He was found with a broken neck and multiple fractures to his arms and legs.

 

The victim’s motorcycle was located on the bridge, overturned near visible marks of a collision along the bridge’s edge. A shoe belonging to the deceased was also found nearby on the bridge.

 

Police suspect the crash occurred when the victim lost control of his motorcycle while navigating the bridge. The motorcycle reportedly struck the barrier, causing him to fall off the structure.

 

The U-turn bridge, recently completed and opened to the public, has now recorded its first fatal incident.

 

The victim’s body has been sent to the forensic unit at Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital for further examination. Authorities are continuing their investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the accident.

 

Picture from responders.

-- 2024-11-18

 

 

[JoePai]

Someone had to be the first

[lordgrinz]

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

Someone had to be the first

He definitely won't be the last.

[zepplin]

Too drunk to know there was a sharp corner, ground hog day…..

[richard_smith237]

I'm not sure what else can be done here....   Some people could accidentally kill themselves in a padded room.

 

... The u-turn was made as safe as possible, elevating it out of the way of other traffic.

The only other option might be a U-Turn tunnel, but tunnelling is 10x more costly than bridging.

 

Sometimes, it just has to be accepted that people take no responsibility for their own safety.

How someone manages to 'ride themselves' off a U-Turn bridge is beyond me, unless as already pointed out the deceased was in a state of drunken oblivion.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, JoePai said:

Someone had to be the first

Speed kills, some just don't get it

[ukrules]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I'm not sure what else can be done here....

 

How about a fence of some kind, wouldn't even need to be that high.

[richard_smith237]

13 minutes ago, ukrules said:

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I'm not sure what else can be done here....

 

How about a fence of some kind, wouldn't even need to be that high.

 

Then they'd kill themselves riding into the fence. 

 

When someone is unable to navigate a curve in the road like that, hitting something else is only a matter of when rather than if... 

 

 

[ukrules]

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Then they'd kill themselves riding into the fence. 

 

When someone is unable to navigate a curve in the road like that, hitting something else is only a matter of when rather than if... 

 

 

 

That doesn't matter, it keeps them on the road where the accident happens instead of risking causing an additional incident on the road below.

People die every die on the road, it's about minimising secondary issues - luckily they didn't fall into the windscreen of an oncoming vehicle in heavy traffic. That would have ended in a much worse outcome.

[NoDisplayName]

11 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

The only other option might be a U-Turn tunnel, but tunnelling is 10x more costly than bridging.

 

But then, he likely would have driven into the submerged tunnel during the monsoon.

 

Can't fix stupid.

 

Or the autospellbot.

 

[Stargeezr]

Drinking and driving just do not mix, this is another example of that.

   Every day I have driven in Thailand I see at least one or two people 

weaving all over.

[john donson]

was that the bridge that collapsed during construction a few months ago?

[Liverpool Lou]

On 11/18/2024 at 12:12 PM, zepplin said:

Too drunk to know there was a sharp corner, ground hog day…..

Where was that reported?