Accident Two Killed, Young Child Critically Injured in High-Speed Crash in Mae Sot

[Georgealbert]

 

Pictures courtesy of Matichon.

 

A road crash occurred on the morning of 29 April, on the Mae Sot–Umphang highway, Tak, claiming the lives of a 34-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy, while leaving another young child critically injured.

 

Police from Mae Sot Police Station, led by duty officer Pol. Sub Lt. Papasut Bawonponpat, were alerted to the scene near a petrol station in Ban Huafai, Phra That Phadaeng subdistrict. On arrival, they found a large crowd gathered and two vehicles, a Honda sedan, stuck on a concrete barrier and a motorcycle severely damaged and separated by approximately 60 metres.

 

The victims, identified as Ms. Orapan, 34, and Master Songkran, 8, were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were found lying lifeless on the road. A third child, estimated to be around 4 or 5 years old, was seriously injured and rushed to Mae Sot Hospital for emergency treatment.

 

The collision occurred just before a U-turn point on the busy thoroughfare, an area known to be particularly hazardous due to heavy traffic and limited visibility. Authorities quickly moved to manage traffic in the area to prevent further incidents.

The driver of the Honda, 63-year-old Mr. Prayong, remained at the scene and was taken into custody by police. Preliminary investigations suggest that Ms. Orapan had slowed down her motorcycle in the right-hand lane to make a U-turn when the speeding sedan driven by Mr. Prayong struck her from behind. The force of the collision caused both vehicles to be thrown apart violently.

 

Local residents told police the car appeared to be travelling at high speed through the community zone, an area frequented by pedestrians and motorcyclists. There is growing concern over road safety in the region, with many urging stricter enforcement of speed limits and improved signage in community zones.

 

Police have opened a full investigation into the crash to determine the exact cause and will continue to question witnesses and those involved.

 

It is believed that the deceased and injured children were members of the same family.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-04-30.

 

 

 

 

Caution video of CCTV below shows the collision.

 

 

[blaze master]

7 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Police have opened a full investigation into the crash to determine the exact cause

 

Speed. 

[smedly]

and Thailands 7 dangerous sonkran days expands to 365, when are they going to do something about the road carnage that continues, it really is horrendous, when are the police going to enforce traffic violations - do they even know how ?, yes drunk drivers are caught but only after they have caused an accident, policing is about prevention

[richard_smith237]

Drunk drivers should be facing far more serious charges...   and those who end up killing someone should be facing far more than a potential sentence of  'up to' 5 years...

 

We still have forum members who brag about this behavior...  Abhorrent scum.

 

 

[quake]

R.I.P.  Lady.

 

Just one more day when the authorities just don't care.

Nothing new.

Nothing will change.

Until Thai people want to change.

Wonder when that will happen. 

T.I.T.

 

 

[billd766]

11 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Pictures courtesy of Matichon.

 

A road crash occurred on the morning of 29 April, on the Mae Sot–Umphang highway, Tak, claiming the lives of a 34-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy, while leaving another young child critically injured.

 

Police from Mae Sot Police Station, led by duty officer Pol. Sub Lt. Papasut Bawonponpat, were alerted to the scene near a petrol station in Ban Huafai, Phra That Phadaeng subdistrict. On arrival, they found a large crowd gathered and two vehicles, a Honda sedan, stuck on a concrete barrier and a motorcycle severely damaged and separated by approximately 60 metres.

 

 

The victims, identified as Ms. Orapan, 34, and Master Songkran, 8, were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were found lying lifeless on the road. A third child, estimated to be around 4 or 5 years old, was seriously injured and rushed to Mae Sot Hospital for emergency treatment.

 

The collision occurred just before a U-turn point on the busy thoroughfare, an area known to be particularly hazardous due to heavy traffic and limited visibility. Authorities quickly moved to manage traffic in the area to prevent further incidents.

The driver of the Honda, 63-year-old Mr. Prayong, remained at the scene and was taken into custody by police. Preliminary investigations suggest that Ms. Orapan had slowed down her motorcycle in the right-hand lane to make a U-turn when the speeding sedan driven by Mr. Prayong struck her from behind. The force of the collision caused both vehicles to be thrown apart violently.

 

Local residents told police the car appeared to be travelling at high speed through the community zone, an area frequented by pedestrians and motorcyclists. There is growing concern over road safety in the region, with many urging stricter enforcement of speed limits and improved signage in community zones.

 

Police have opened a full investigation into the crash to determine the exact cause and will continue to question witnesses and those involved.

 

It is believed that the deceased and injured children were members of the same family.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-04-30.

 

 

 

 

Caution video of CCTV below shows the collision.

 

 

Looking at the video, it appears that the scooter had come to a complete halt and was waiting to turn right. I cannot see if she was indicating or not. The Honda was going very fast compared to other traffic earlier in the video, but did not appear to slow down or attempt to turn away from the scooter.

 

How sad for the poor woman and her children.

 

RIP.

[smedly]

20 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Drunk drivers should be facing far more serious charges...   and those who end up killing someone should be facing far more than a potential sentence of  'up to' 5 years...

 

I think the reason for this is because the people making the rules and those enforcing them are quite happy to drink and drive and could care less about the consequences and the tragic loss of life, the only way I see of reducing it is to hold someone accountable - like the Chief of Police, set targets and if they are not met then demote him, performance based

[Magictoad]

This kind of "Joy Riding" as it's called in Europe is becoming increasingly common in Pattaya, especially around Pratumnak where the quiet long sois give ample opportunities to the mainly R*@!@n men to tear up and down. NO DOUBT THE POLICE WILL GET INVOLVED when someone is killed. Very sad.

[Magictoad]

39 minutes ago, quake said:

R.I.P.  Lady.

 

Just one more day when the authorities just don't care.

Nothing new.

Nothing will change.

Until Thai people want to change.

Wonder when that will happen. 

T.I.T.

 

 

In Pratumnak it's not Thais doing the crazy driving. 

[quake]

5 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

In Pratumnak it's not Thais doing the crazy driving. 

 

Thank you,  for showing how long you have lived in Thailand and  jomtien / pattaya. 

[connda]

12 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Pictures courtesy of Matichon.

 

A road crash occurred on the morning of 29 April, on the Mae Sot–Umphang highway, Tak, claiming the lives of a 34-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy, while leaving another young child critically injured.

 

Police from Mae Sot Police Station, led by duty officer Pol. Sub Lt. Papasut Bawonponpat, were alerted to the scene near a petrol station in Ban Huafai, Phra That Phadaeng subdistrict. On arrival, they found a large crowd gathered and two vehicles, a Honda sedan, stuck on a concrete barrier and a motorcycle severely damaged and separated by approximately 60 metres.

 

 

The victims, identified as Ms. Orapan, 34, and Master Songkran, 8, were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were found lying lifeless on the road. A third child, estimated to be around 4 or 5 years old, was seriously injured and rushed to Mae Sot Hospital for emergency treatment.

 

The collision occurred just before a U-turn point on the busy thoroughfare, an area known to be particularly hazardous due to heavy traffic and limited visibility. Authorities quickly moved to manage traffic in the area to prevent further incidents.

The driver of the Honda, 63-year-old Mr. Prayong, remained at the scene and was taken into custody by police. Preliminary investigations suggest that Ms. Orapan had slowed down her motorcycle in the right-hand lane to make a U-turn when the speeding sedan driven by Mr. Prayong struck her from behind. The force of the collision caused both vehicles to be thrown apart violently.

 

Local residents told police the car appeared to be travelling at high speed through the community zone, an area frequented by pedestrians and motorcyclists. There is growing concern over road safety in the region, with many urging stricter enforcement of speed limits and improved signage in community zones.

 

Police have opened a full investigation into the crash to determine the exact cause and will continue to question witnesses and those involved.

 

It is believed that the deceased and injured children were members of the same family.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-04-30.

 

 

 

 

Caution video of CCTV below shows the collision.

 

 

So the motorcycle stopped in the left hand lane (fast lane) with plans to make a turn, as opposed to stopping in the median between the two roads.  Can't tell from angle but it would seem there isn't a right-hand turn-out lane to get people making the turn/U-turn out of the main traffic.  However, looking at this picture, the motorcycle could have gotten off the road and into the relative safety of center median, but it didn't, it stopped IN the "fast lane" of a highway.  And you should expect what?  Well, other than getting killed?  I've seen Thai drivers do that before and it's suicidal, and yet...they do it.  I feel sorry for the kids.
Another question (for anyone living down there) is that a legal U-Turn.  Usually when there isn't a right-hand turn-out lane for making U-turns, it often means that U-turns are illegal from that direction.  That median has to be about 2 1/2 meters across and a car / motorcycle in the middle of that median should be off the road.  Yet the motorcycle obviously was not off the road.



When I drove motorcycle, turns like that would give me the creeps, and I would drive accordingly - like getting myself and my motorcycle as far off the main road as I could, ie, driving defensively.  I would have been as far off the road as possible and still would have been eyeballing my rear-view mirror.  Now you can argue it's the fault of the car until the cows come home, but that doesn't put lives back into dead bodies.  If you're on a motorcycle you HAVE to drive defensively, but Thais don't, and they die as a consequence.  Again - sorry of the children.  And I don't see this as 100% the car's fault at all.

[quake]

21 minutes ago, connda said:

So the motorcycle stopped in the left hand lane (fast lane) with plans to make a turn.  Can't tell from angle but it would seem there isn't a right-hand turn-out lane to get people making the turn/U-turn out of the main traffic.  That looks like a road designed to kill people. But then again, when I drove motorcycle, turns like that would give me the creeps, and I would drive accordingly, like finding a different place to turn.

 

left hand lane ( fast lane) 

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