Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A respected academic from Nakhon Phanom University has died in a road crash, after he lost control of his vehicle and overturned on a notorious curve in Tha Uthen district on the afternoon of 18 May.

 

Police Lieutenant Phutthiphong Uttarasri, Deputy Inspector of Investigation at Tha Uthen Police Station, received a report from local residents of a serious road crash on Ban Na Phiang Road in Chaiyaburi Subdistrict. Emergency medical personnel from Tha Uthen District Hospital and rescue volunteers from the local authority were dispatched to the scene.

 

There they found a black Toyota four-door pickup truck that had overturned and smashed through an electricity pole after crossing from the inbound lane toward the city of Nakhon Phanom. The vehicle was extensively damaged. The driver had been thrown from the vehicle and was found dead at the scene.

 

The deceased was later identified as Dr Anuwat Phonthip, a lecturer in Social and Environmental Development at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nakhon Phanom University.

 

Initial investigations suggest Dr Anuwat was travelling back from his hometown in Seka District, Bueng Kan Province and was en route to the university for an upcoming meeting. It is believed he was driving at high speed when he lost control on the dangerous bend, leading to the fatal crash.

 

Authorities are continuing to investigate the exact cause of the crash. Dr Anuwat’s body was taken for autopsy before being released to his family.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-05-20.

 

 

 

RIP and all that... 

 

But the curve was not dangerous... the driver was - this was in the middle of the day, in the dry.

 

Kwildo will come along and blame anything else but the driver.....   the road engineering, blame no armco-barrier, blame road surfaces.... etc... 

 

But the driver for whatever reasons, made a huge error, using his phone ? speeding ? fell asleep etc...   he failed to navigate a bend in the road... not a dangerous curve. 

 

Roll on pages of lectures - that any criticism of the driver here is racist and we dont understand safety.