Two Dead, Nine Injured in Tragic Collision on Trang-Satun Road

[Georgealbert]

 

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A devastating road crash on 9 January resulted in two fatalities and nine injuries, including children, after a car collided with a pick-up truck before plunging into a roadside ditch. The crash occurred on the Trang-Satun highway in Thung Phanhan Village, Thung Yao Subdistrict, Palian District, Trang Province.

 

At the scene, police discovered a silver Toyota Vios car, its wreckage strewn along the roadside after it had fallen into a ditch. A blue Toyota pick-up truck was also found nearby, badly damaged. Two people were confirmed dead at the scene, while nine others, including two children, suffered serious injuries. Emergency services transported the injured to Palian Hospital for treatment.

 

Initial investigations revealed that the car, carrying five passengers, was travelling towards Trang when the driver suddenly veered into the path of the pick-up truck, which was headed to Satun with six passengers. The impact caused the car to fall into the roadside ditch, resulting in the deaths of two female passengers.

 

The male driver and two other passengers, one of whom was a child, from the car were critically injured. Similarly, the driver and passengers in the pick-up truck, including one child, also sustained severe injuries.

 

The exact cause of the crash is still under investigation, with authorities working to piece together the events leading up to the collision.

 

 

-- 2025-01-10

 

 

[hotchilli]

Strange that both vehicles show damage to the front left side of the vehicles?

[black tabby12345]

New Year's road toll continues to rise...

[Captain Flack]

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@richard_smith237read the article it says “The exact cause of the crash is still under investigation”. The news team can only report the known facts and can not report information that is not available. 
 

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[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Strange that both vehicles show damage to the front left side of the vehicles?

 

 

Lots of forum members have posted their observations on may other threads about how drivers where will overtake into oncoming traffic and expect the other vehicle to get out of their way - especially on up-country and hilly roads. 

 

Given the location of the damage (front left side)... I can only assume that the one of the cars was on the wrong side.. perhaps over taking and then swerved further to the right to avoid the oncoming car...

 

...  such frequent devastation caused by reckless driving here.