Accident 8-Year-Old Girl Dies Just 100 Metres from School in Samut Prakan

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

An eight-year-old girl has died following a road crash in Phra Pradaeng district, just moments before reaching her school. The incident involved a motorcycle carrying a family of four that collided with a car allegedly making a sudden right turn across their path.

 

Police Lieutenant Kornkrit Kanchanasen, deputy investigator at Phra Pradaeng Police Station, was alerted to the crash on the morning of 13 June. The collision occurred on Song Tham Road near the Lat Pho Health Park clock tower junction.

 

Emergency services, including rescue volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation and medics from Bangchak Hospital, rushed to the scene. They found an unconscious girl, later identified as Miss “Bee” aged 8, lying face down on the road in a pink floral school blouse and blue school skirt. She was unresponsive and in critical condition.

 

Her mother, 38-year-old Ms. Patcharin, suffered abrasions and was also taken to hospital. Both were urgently transferred to Bangpakok Samut Prakan Hospital, but Miss Bee later succumbed to her injuries.

 

Nearby, authorities found the family’s damaged black Honda Forza motorbike. The driver, Mr. Chantras, 40, father of the deceased, was uninjured but visibly shaken. Also at the scene was his 16-year-old son, still in school uniform and in tears.

 

Roughly 40 metres away, a black Honda City sedan with damage to the left-side passenger doors was found parked with hazard lights on. The driver, 57-year-old Mr. Kampanat from Nong Bua Lamphu province, remained at the scene in shock and cooperated with police.

 

According to eyewitnesses, including 40-year-old Ms. Chotika, the motorcycle had four passengers: the young girl seated in front, her father driving, her older brother in the middle, and the mother on the back. The family had just left Bang Ko Bua and were en route to Wat Song Tham School, only 100 metres away.

 

Witnesses and initial reports indicate the car had emerged from a nearby market and was attempting to make a right turn towards Phra Pradaeng Pier, allegedly cutting across the path of the oncoming motorcycle travelling straight. The sudden manoeuvre gave the motorbike rider no time to avoid a collision.

 

Mr. Chantras confirmed they had departed from Phra Pradaeng and were moments from dropping the children off at school when the vehicle turned directly in front of them.

 

Police documented the scene and have summoned both drivers for formal statements at Phra Pradaeng Police Station. Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage from the area to determine the precise cause of the crash and will proceed with legal action as appropriate.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-06-14

 

 

 

[dddave]

Many times every day I see families such as this family, four-up on a motorbike, frequently one child in front practically overhanging the handlebars. More often than not, the children are not wearing any form of head protection.  

I can somewhat understand adults making the decision for themselves not to bother with head gear, they are after all, adults, albeit idiots

To not care enough about your kid's well being to provide that child with head protection is criminal negligence

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, dddave said:

Many times every day I see families such as this family, four-up on a motorbike, frequently one child in front practically overhanging the handlebars. More often than not, the children are not wearing any form of head protection.  

I can somewhat understand adults making the decision for themselves not to bother with head gear, they are after all, adults, albeit idiots

To not care enough about your kid's well being to provide that child with head protection is criminal negligence

 

100% agree....   While this tragic incident is the result of the car driver’s actions in turning across their path, it’s difficult. As harsh as it may seem, the parents of the poor deceased child are surely complicit for at least not protecting her with a helmet. 

 

I fully recognise the financial pressures that compel many families, unable to afford a car, to rely on motorcycles. I also recognise that riding as a family of four on a motorcycle is deeply ingrained in the local culture. However, what continues to astonish me is the reckless indifference shown by the sheer number of children I see on motorcycles without helmets. It’s a risk no parent should take.

[quake]

 

R.I.P. Little girl.

All very sad, but it's the norm here.

No one truly cares about road safety.

[ozz1]

Unfortunately just another day in Thailand with the police watching them going past with out a care in the world until something happens rip little one

[Quentin Zen]

12 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The incident involved a motorcycle carrying a family of four

What can you do?  A family needs to travel, can't afford a car, and I'm unsure about the cost of other modes of transportation.   If I had a family of four and little money, I'd find a carpool or bus or something.  never, ever, ever motorbike.  There's no way.  A different school, whatever...anything but a motorbike.

 

When an acquaintance dies from a motorbike accident almost every year (almost 10 now in a decade), it's pretty clear.

 

I've walked a few km many times instead of taking a ride on a motorbike.  if i didn't want to walk, Grab.  

 

Almost everyone here knows it's the most dangerous in the world.....we have a choice.  most here don't.  hope someone comes up with a solution

[lordgrinz]

Would the motorcycle have avoided the accident if only 2 people were on it? Can the driver not take multiple trips? I guess it was easier to overload the motorcycle and put everyone's life in danger, easier, not safer.