Tuk Tuk Race in Bangkok Ends in Tragic Crash, Injury to Three

[snoop1130]

Pictures courtesy of The Nation

 

In a startling incident in Bangkok, a high-speed tuk tuk race turned catastrophic as two of the city's iconic three-wheeled vehicles collided, leaving three individuals seriously injured. The accident unfolded on March 3, at around 10pm on Ratchadaphisek Road, within the Chong Nonsi area, under the watch of Police Lieutenant Colonel Thiradej Sonklin from the Bang Phong Phang Police Station.

 

Eyewitnesses recounted the reckless scene of the two tuk tuks racing side by side, each vying to outpace the other. The race took a perilous turn when one driver made a dangerous lane change, leading to a collision that flipped their vehicle.

 

Among the injured is 28-year-old Pichit, who was driving the overturned tuk tuk and is now in hospital with a severe head injury. The other driver and his passenger sustained broken legs.

 

 

The police, now probing the incident, have initiated a comprehensive investigation, awaiting crucial blood alcohol test results to understand the drivers' conditions during the race. This event has sparked public outcry over the lax enforcement of traffic rules, with residents urging stringent measures to curb such risky behaviours amongst tuk tuk drivers, especially during quieter night-time hours.

 

This unfortunate crash shines a spotlight on the need for increased safety awareness around these popular, yet potentially perilous, vehicles that dart through Bangkok streets, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-03-04

 

 

[richard_smith237]

21 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

This unfortunate crash shines a spotlight on the need for increased safety awareness around these popular, yet potentially perilous, vehicles that dart through Bangkok streets, reported The Thaiger.

 

No..shhh....  Sherlock !!!  

[Peabody]

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The accident unfolded on March 3, at around 10pm on Ratchadaphisek Road, within the Chong Nonsi area, under the watch of Police Lieutenant Colonel Thiradej Sonklin from the Bang Phong Phang Police Station.

Wait... the road or the area, or the race was under his watch?

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Eyewitnesses recounted the reckless scene of the two tuk tuks racing side by side, each vying to outpace the other. The race took a perilous turn when one driver made a dangerous lane change, leading to a collision that flipped their vehicle.

Wacky races... 

[Tarteso]

 Nice 👍I feel pity for the threes.

[black tabby12345]

Death Race 2025.

Old time movie flashed back to me...

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Death Defying Drivers, really ended up half-killed...

[black tabby12345]

Back in the March of 2005, I have witnessed the similar scene on the bus in Songkhla province.

And it happen to be the public bus I was on, at that time.

 

2 buses of the same size, racing side by side.

And the rear view mirror of one,  broken down by scrape of the bus bodies.

I was lucky to be alive.

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Wacky Races  on Thai road.

And some idiots got their consequences.

That scene needs this cynical dog...

 

 

[black tabby12345]

On 3/5/2025 at 10:23 AM, Tarteso said:

 Nice 👍I feel pity for the threes.

 

while it is 1000% self-inflicted.

AKA consequences...