Accident Driver Killed After Tanker Overturns on Motorway Flyover

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Workpoint.

 

A 27-year-old lorry driver was killed in a crash after his tanker overturned while negotiating a curve on a motorway flyover in Chachoengsao province.

 

At approximately 09:00 on 26 April, Police Lieutenant Colonel Sophon Komonsutthi, Deputy Superintendent (Investigation) of Highway Police Subdivision 1, along with rescue teams from Chachoengsao and fire crews from Bangwua Khanarak Municipality, responded to reports of a crash on the Bang Khwai overpass, located at kilometre marker 0+400 of the motorway leading towards Bang Bo tollgate in Phimpa subdistrict, Bang Pakong district.

 

At the scene, authorities found a white Hino, overturned across the bridge. The tanker had crashed into the steel barriers along the flyover, causing a significant CNG (compressed natural gas) leak. Fire crews deployed water spray lines, to control and disperse the leaking gas, before successfully isolating the leak.

 

The body of the driver, identified as Mr Apichart was found near the cab, having been ejected from the vehicle during the crash. His body was pinned against the steel railing and crushed by the truck. Rescue workers used hydraulic cutting equipment to free his body, a process which took around 15 minutes. His body was later transported to Bang Pakong Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

 

Initial investigations suggest that the lorry was travelling at speed and the driver lost control while entering the curve, causing the vehicle to overturn, with the cab slamming into the bridge barrier. Mr Apichart was thrown from the cab and fatally struck the barrier before being trapped by the truck.

 

Further investigations are ongoing.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Workpoint 2025-04-27.

 

 

 

[JoePai]

Easy to see the cause of this accident - was the fault of the curve on the flyover    😎

[safarimike11]

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture courtesy of Workpoint.

 

A 27-year-old lorry driver was killed in a crash after his tanker overturned while negotiating a curve on a motorway flyover in Chachoengsao province.

 

At approximately 09:00 on 26 April, Police Lieutenant Colonel Sophon Komonsutthi, Deputy Superintendent (Investigation) of Highway Police Subdivision 1, along with rescue teams from Chachoengsao and fire crews from Bangwua Khanarak Municipality, responded to reports of a crash on the Bang Khwai overpass, located at kilometre marker 0+400 of the motorway leading towards Bang Bo tollgate in Phimpa subdistrict, Bang Pakong district.

 

 

At the scene, authorities found a white Hino, overturned across the bridge. The tanker had crashed into the steel barriers along the flyover, causing a significant CNG (compressed natural gas) leak. Fire crews deployed water spray lines, to control and disperse the leaking gas, before successfully isolating the leak.

 

The body of the driver, identified as Mr Apichart was found near the cab, having been ejected from the vehicle during the crash. His body was pinned against the steel railing and crushed by the truck. Rescue workers used hydraulic cutting equipment to free his body, a process which took around 15 minutes. His body was later transported to Bang Pakong Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

 

Initial investigations suggest that the lorry was travelling at speed and the driver lost control while entering the curve, causing the vehicle to overturn, with the cab slamming into the bridge barrier. Mr Apichart was thrown from the cab and fatally struck the barrier before being trapped by the truck.

 

Further investigations are ongoing.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Workpoint 2025-04-27.

 

 

 

This is both a bad road surface and a tight turn: maximum speed 50 kph. The dull red painted lines evidently didn't cut it.

[safarimike11]

7 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Easy to see the cause of this accident - was the fault of the curve on the flyover    😎

One can speculate as to whether you are 49% or 51% correct in this instance.