Accident Drunk Driver Kills Wife and Young Daughter in Crash on Highway 331

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of SiamChon.

 

A road crash on the night of 29 May, in Chonburi has claimed the lives of a woman and her four-year-old daughter, with a six-year-old boy injured, after a heavily intoxicated driver lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a central reservation on Highway 331.

 

At approximately 22:35, the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Rescue Centre in Pattaya received reports of a crash involving a black four-door Isuzu D-Max pickup truck at kilometre marker 32+500, near the U-turn by the Forest Department in Khao Mai Kaew Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District.

 

Responding swiftly, Pol. Lt. Col. Rueangsak Siributr, Deputy Chief of Investigation at Huai Yai Police Station, and rescue volunteers arrived to find the damaged vehicle in the grass-covered median strip. Behind the wheel was 38-year-old Mr. Kampanat Naowasuwan, an employee at Harley-Davidson’s Rayong branch, suffering from a serious head injury and showing clear signs of heavy intoxication.

 

His wife, 35-year-old Ms. Jiratchaya and their four-year-old daughter, known as “May”, were found dead at the scene. Their six-year-old son, “Nat”, sustained multiple bruises and was taken to hospital after receiving first aid at the scene.

 

Eyewitnesses described seeing the pickup truck driver veer off the road and fall into the central reservation. One van driver who stopped to help reported the driver appeared extremely drunk upon exiting the vehicle. Nearby residents, who were alerted by the loud impact, also rushed to assist and called emergency services.

 

Mr. Kampanat was taken into police custody and given a blood alcohol test, which showed a reading far exceeding the legal limit. He is now facing criminal proceedings.

 

The bodies of the deceased were transferred to a local Hospital, where relatives have been asked to present documents to claim them for religious rites.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from SiamChon 2025-05-30.

 

 

 

[LennyW]

Hope that weighs very heavily on his conscience for the rest of his miserable life!

[mikebell]

50 minutes ago, LennyW said:

Hope that weighs very heavily on his conscience for the rest of his miserable life!

Anyone who drives in that condition has no conscience.

[Olav Seglem]

Agree all about the driver.

But then-why did the lady allow him to drive ?

Did she have driving licence or ?

She could refuse, saying he is too drunk.

Problem is also the general acceptanse for drunk driving in thailand.

And accidents keep happening...

Start checkpoints for drunk drivers and fine them-heavily...

[richard_smith237]

4 hours ago, Olav Seglem said:

Agree all about the driver.

But then-why did the lady allow him to drive ?

Did she have driving licence or ?

She could refuse, saying he is too drunk.

Problem is also the general acceptanse for drunk driving in thailand.

And accidents keep happening...

Start checkpoints for drunk drivers and fine them-heavily...

 

Agreed - its the 'general acceptance' for drink driving and the fact that its normalised that costs so many lives.

 

I'm guessing adding to the severity of injury leading to death is the 'likely' reality that no one inside the vehicle was restrained at all...  no seatbelts and almost certainly no child seats.

 

Its tragic that so many kill others, themselves, their loved ones because they are so selfish to DUI - Its not uncommon amongst some of the more cretinous posters in this forum too - they're too stupid to understand the risks and just don't care about anyone else.