Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

An incident has shaken the Lamphun community after a rescue vehicle, ran a red light and fatally struck a motorcyclist. The crash, which occurred at the Doi Ti intersection on the Lampang–Chiang Mai road late on 6 May, resulted in the deaths of two people and left a young girl motherless.

 

Police from the Muang Ji station received reports of a multi-vehicle collision involving a rescue vehicle and several motorcycles. Emergency responders from the Sawang Nakhon Lamphun Rescue Association, along with partner rescue networks and paramedics from Prince Lamphun Hospital, rushed to the scene.

 

Initial investigations revealed that motorcycles had been moving through the intersection under a green light when the rescue vehicle allegedly ran the red light with its siren blaring, despite not transporting any patient. Four people were injured at the scene, and CPR was performed on a woman at the site before all casualties were transported to nearby hospitals.

 

Sadly, 45-year-old Kamonrat, a local office worker in an industrial estate, succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. She had just finished work and was on her way home to Nam Phu village in Pa Sak subdistrict when the crash occurred.

 

Kanyapak, the victim’s sister from Chiang Rai, stated that Kamonrat had been riding home at around 20:30 when the rescue vehicle collided with her at high speed. Witnesses confirm the vehicle ran the red light with its siren active. Several others were injured in the incident and an unidentified man also later died at hospital from his injuries.

 

Kamon, Kamonrat’s husband, spoke tearfully about his routine of waiting on his motorbike each night to escort his wife down the dimly lit road to their home. After waiting in vain and repeatedly calling her phone with no answer, he received the devastating news. The couple’s seven-year-old daughter is now left without her mother.

 

Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, with public criticism mounting over the misuse of rescue sirens and the apparent negligence leading to loss of innocent lives.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-05-08.

 

 

 

 

There's no end to the stupidity on Thai roads....some freakin' rescue vehicle!!

I truly hate those emergency POS pickups running around with clouds of black smoke pouring out of the exhaust. I've not once seen a new pickup used as an emergency truck. 

Probably not unlike tow truck drivers in the USA who race each other to be first on the scene so they get the business.

 

RIP.