Picture from responders.

 

At approximately 12:20 on December 6, the Sri Samut Radio Centre of the Samut Sakhon Charity Foundation received a report of a road crash on the outbound lanes of Rama II Road near a PTT gas station in Borpoh, Mueang District, Samut Sakhon.

 

Emergency rescue teams were dispatched to the scene, where they discovered a pickup truck had rear-ended a 10-wheeler truck in the parallel lane. Upon inspection, one fatality was confirmed, a 71 year old driver trapped inside the pickup truck. The weather conditions were reported as dry and sunny at the time of the crash.

 

The vehicle’s dashboard and the rear of the truck, had pinned the individual, preventing immediate extraction. The driver had suffered massive head and upper body injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

Rescue teams deployed hydraulic cutting equipment and additional emergency vehicles to aid in the operation. The victim’s body was successfully removed from the wreckage and transported to Samut Sakhon Hospital for further procedures and an autopsy.

 

Authorities are investigating the cause of the collision and reviewing CCTV to establish the facts of the collision. Authorities ate working on 3 theories, that the driver either fell asleep, suffered a medical or was somehow distracted before colliding with the truck. 

 

The truck driver told police that he had parked his truck with warning lights on, as he when to purchase some noodles at a roadside stall. He was taken for questioning and authorities will investigate if any legal action is necessary.

 

-- 2024-12-07

 

 

Undertaking or phone use.....they never learn!

4 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Undertaking or phone use.....they never learn!

Didn`t realise you actually witnessed it......

 

RIP to the gentleman

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The weather conditions were reported as dry and sunny at the time of the crash.

Sun must've be glaring in the windshield

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The truck driver told police that he had parked his truck with warning lights on, as he when to purchase some noodles at a roadside stall.

 

I assumed this incident was entirely the pickup's fault, until I read this. Were these the typical faded, dark, nearly invisible warning lights that most trucks have? And did he stop on the shoulder, or just leave his vehicle in the traffic lane?

Many trucks have side protection but do not have underride protection at the rear as is mandatory in Europe.

 

30% plus of this site seems to be road related incidents. 

On 12/6/2024 at 9:04 PM, Georgealbert said:

was somehow distracted before colliding with the truck. 

 

Using his phone most likely.