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A collision on Phahonyothin Road in Lampang Province has claimed the lives of two elderly passengers and left two others critically injured. The crash occurred at approximately 15:30 on 3rd January in Mae Kua Subdistrict, Sop Prap District, when a pickup truck collided with a parked oil tanker, which was waiting for insurance officials following a prior crash.

 

Police Lieutenant Thanet Panyathong, Deputy Investigator of Sop Prap Police Station, along with medical personnel from Sop Prap Hospital and rescue teams, rushed to the scene near kilometre marker 662 on the Lampang-Tak stretch of the highway.

 

At the site, authorities found a severely damaged green Isuzu pickup truck with Lampang license plates. Inside the cabin were the bodies of Mr. Ya and Mrs. Thongsam, both aged 70. The victims were seated in the front passenger seat and the rear left seat, respectively. Their bodies were extracted and sent to a local hospital.

 

The driver of the pickup and another passenger seated in the rear right seat sustained critical injuries and were rushed to Sop Prap Hospital for emergency treatment.

 

Preliminary investigations revealed that the pickup truck had slammed into the rear of an oil tanker, which had been involved in an earlier collision with another truck. The tanker had been parked on the road while awaiting police and insurance officials. In the initial incident, the oil tanker had been rear-ended by another truck.

 

Mr. Nirun 50, the driver of the oil tanker from Kamphaeng Phet, explained that he was en route to deliver oil to Lamphun. While ascending a hilly section of the road, his tanker was struck from behind by another truck. He parked on the roadside to wait for authorities and set up orange cones behind his vehicle to prevent further incidents. However, the pickup truck came speeding into the scene and crashed into the rear of his tanker.

 

Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident to determine the exact cause of the collision.

 

 

-- 2025-01-04

 

 

to determine the exact cause of the collision

 

What looks to be a well paved straight road with clear visibility and still they managed to hit a ruddy great tanker, well I could offer a few suggestions  🤣