Pattaya: Belgian Motorcyclist Dies in Crash into Village Entrance Gate

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture from responders.

 

A 45 yer old Belgian  motorcyclist, lost his life in a crash early morning on November 29, after losing control of his bike and crashing into a village entrance gate in Soi Khao, A.D. House estate, Nongprue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri.

 

The incident occurred at 05:35 and was reported to Pol. Lt. Supakit Kasudom, Deputy Inspector of Nongprue Police Station. Rescue volunteers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Pattaya Foundation were dispatched to the scene.

 

At the site of the crash, a yellow-and-black Yamaha Aerox motorcycle with license plate from Chon Buri was found severely damaged after veering off a curve and crashing into the base of a village entrance gate. Lying near the base of the gate was the lifeless body of a foreign man, who was name as Mr David from Belguim. Rescue workers covered the body with a white cloth and cordoned off the area to prevent public interference.

 

Mr. Teerakhan Thongkham, 33, a security guard at the village, stated that while he did not witness the crash, he heard the sound of the motorcycle losing control and crashing. The rider was thrown from the vehicle, striking the gate structure. He immediately contacted authorities for assistance.

 

Pol. Lt. Supakit recorded evidence at the scene and announced plans to review CCTV footage to determine the cause of the crash.

 

The body has been transported to Bang Lamung Hospital, where it will be held pending confirmation of identification and collection by relatives.

 

-- 2024-11-29

 

[watchcat]

17 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Mr. Teerakhan Thongkham, 33, a security guard at the village, stated that while he did not witness the crash,

 

Hard to do while sleeping

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, watchcat said:

 

Hard to do while sleeping

Some are sneaky and sleep with their eyes open....

[newbee2022]

19 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture from responders.

 

A 45 yer old Belgian  motorcyclist, lost his life in a crash early morning on November 29, after losing control of his bike and crashing into a village entrance gate in Soi Khao, A.D. House estate, Nongprue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri.

 

The incident occurred at 05:35 and was reported to Pol. Lt. Supakit Kasudom, Deputy Inspector of Nongprue Police Station. Rescue volunteers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Pattaya Foundation were dispatched to the scene.

 

 

At the site of the crash, a yellow-and-black Yamaha Aerox motorcycle with license plate from Chon Buri was found severely damaged after veering off a curve and crashing into the base of a village entrance gate. Lying near the base of the gate was the lifeless body of a foreign man, who was name as Mr David from Belguim. Rescue workers covered the body with a white cloth and cordoned off the area to prevent public interference.

 

Mr. Teerakhan Thongkham, 33, a security guard at the village, stated that while he did not witness the crash, he heard the sound of the motorcycle losing control and crashing. The rider was thrown from the vehicle, striking the gate structure. He immediately contacted authorities for assistance.

 

Pol. Lt. Supakit recorded evidence at the scene and announced plans to review CCTV footage to determine the cause of the crash.

 

The body has been transported to Bang Lamung Hospital, where it will be held pending confirmation of identification and collection by relatives.

 

-- 2024-11-29

 

Speeding, drunk, tired, stupid, end of life. 🙏

[henryford1958]

5.35 am he must have been totally smashed

[Tarteso]

19 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

05:35

🤔

[Thingamabob]

Don't hire a powerful bike unless experienced and competent in handling such a machine. 

[JoePai]

Hmmm typical, there you are driving home after a hard nights drinking when all of a sudden one of those village entrance gates jumps out in front of you

[decca60]

46 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Don't hire a powerful bike unless experienced and competent in handling such a machine. 

Yamaha Aerox a powerfull machine ??????????

[watchcat]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Some are sneaky and sleep with their eyes open....

 

Like some cat's

[Taboo2]

We all know the Farangs here, some of them, just do not understand how to ride these bikes and tend to speed quite often.  I see it everyday.

 

Sad, but then again, this is life.

[Ralf001]

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Don't hire a powerful bike unless experienced and competent in handling such a machine. 

 

errr... its a kiddies scooter.

[Taboo2]

4 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Hard to do while sleeping

That is funny, but true, those poor guys get less than 600 THB a day...and God bless them, I hope they sleep good.  I use to work Grave Yard and it is a tough job, especially if you have nothing to do but sit.

[Patong2021]

Whatever the reason, it is still an unfortunate way to die.  

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Don't hire a powerful bike unless experienced and competent in handling such a machine. 

No powerful needed.

My Honda Wave 110 ccm ("student bike" legally from 15 yr) comes close to 100 km/h. That's about the smallest you can get with combustion engine.

Majority of rent scooters in Pattaya is 125 cc.

 

Don't drink or drug and drive.

Don't drive when tired.

In the night take extra care. A pothole can cost your life.

[KhunBENQ]

5 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Hard to do while sleeping

Even worse sleeping while driving

[Woke to Sounds]

1 hour ago, Taboo2 said:

I use to work Grave Yard and it is a tough job, especially if you have nothing to do but sit.

You can always tuck into a good novel or roam the internets. Or meditate. Or break out the ouija board and commune with spirits.

[Woke to Sounds]

Well, at least the Belgian went out doing what he loved doing. Is it any worse than involuntarily aging to 89 and petering out in a warehouse with other decrepit farts gasping for breath?

[Woke to Sounds]

1 hour ago, Patong2021 said:

Whatever the reason, it is still an unfortunate way to die.  

Really? Not so bad actually.

 

Talk to some poor old sods in the old folks' home withering away with a Panadol drip in their veins. They will tell you about good and not so good ways to die mate.

[msbkk]

4 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

5.35 am he must have been totally smashed

There is a very slight chance that he woke up early for a morning ride.

[Briggsy]

4 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Don't hire a powerful bike unless experienced and competent in handling such a machine. 

Yamaha Aerox?? Powerful? 155 cc.

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, decca60 said:

Yamaha Aerox a powerfull machine ??????????

I do not know the CC of an Aerox, but my Forza is a powerful machine, although there are bikes that are much more powerful.

[Thingamabob]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

errr... its a kiddies scooter.

In which case don't drink and drive.

[Thingamabob]

2 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Yamaha Aerox?? Powerful? 155 cc.

In which case don't drink and drive.

[Patong2021]

3 hours ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

Really? Not so bad actually.

 

Talk to some poor old sods in the old folks' home withering away with a Panadol drip in their veins. They will tell you about good and not so good ways to die mate.

 

Seriously? You wish to compare the death of a middle aged man with a geriatric palliative care patient?

The deceased had decades left to live. That's one of the parts of the tragedy. Vehicle crashes are horrible events and  sloughing it off speaks to a lack of empathy. 

 

 

 

[Sandboxer]

10 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

hat's one of the parts of the tragedy. Vehicle crashes are horrible events and  sloughing it off speaks to a lack of empathy. 

I  think the word "tragic" is really wrongly overused a lot here in the English language media and people online when referring to a death like this.

 

There is nothing tragic about it. Just a fool taking himself out of the genepool himself in the most Darwinian and common way possible in Thailand.

 

Had the guard been killed by the bike slamming into his guard shack, that would have been tragic.

 

I reserve empathy for accidents/deaths that are truly just bad luck accident deaths or disease.

 

 

[BigStar]

10 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Hard to do while sleeping

 

Our guard patrols around the grounds. This one may well have been doing so as well.

[Patong2021]

10 minutes ago, Sandboxer said:

I  think the word "tragic" is really wrongly overused a lot here in the English language media and people online when referring to a death like this.

 

There is nothing tragic about it. Just a fool taking himself out of the genepool himself in the most Darwinian and common way possible in Thailand.

 

Had the guard been killed by the bike slamming into his guard shack, that would have been tragic.

 

I reserve empathy for accidents/deaths that are truly just bad luck accident deaths or disease.

 

 

 

You have made a lot of assumptions. You don't know if the driver is impaired. You assumed he was. For all you know the driver could have had a seizure. What if he was coming home from work?  There is no  information on what the man did or what his BAC level was.

[Briggsy]

30 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

In which case don't drink and drive.

And the relevance to my post is?

[still kicking]

5 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Whatever the reason, it is still an unfortunate way to die.  

But victim bashing at it's best