Two dead in Phuket as pickup slams into house

Phuket Gazette

The pickup truck came to rest only after slamming into the side of the house. Photo: Wichai Witthawat

The motorbike driver Pairot Wisetsombat, 55, and his passenger Ms Lamyong Dudpayak, both local residents, died at the scene. Photo: Wichai Witthawat

PHUKET: -- A pickup truck travelling at high speed collided with a motorbike on the main road through Pa Khlok yesterday evening, killing the rider and passenger, and slamming into a house set back from the side of the road at about 7:30pm.

Emergency rescue first-responders from the Kusoldharm Foundation arrived at the accident scene, in front of the Pak Cheet Mosque about five kilometers west of the Heroines’ Monument, to find a mob of angry villagers attacking the pickup driver, 32-year-old Nontee Sangnuang, a resident of Rassada, north of Phuket Town.

The Phuket-registered Toyota Vigo pickup was heavily damaged and lying on its side beside the house.

The bodies of two local residents, Pairot Wisetsombat, 55, and Lamyong Dudpayak, 45, were lying dead nearby.

Mr Nontee escaped from his vehicle and managed to clamber inside the back of one of the Kusoldharm rescue pickups to avoid further beating by the mob.

The angry villagers then attacked the rescue vehicle, causing minor damage to the pickup. They pulled Mr Nontee out of the rescue vehicle and started to kick and punch him.

Mr Nontee then managed to flee to the Pa Khlok Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor) rescue vehicle parked at the scene. Sensing more danger, the Pa Khlok (OrBorTor) rescue officers sped off, taking Mr Nontee to safety.

Still angry, the mob turned their frustration on the Kusoldharm officers, asking them why they didn’t help the two people on the ground.

“We tried to explain to them that both [Mr Pairot and Ms Lamyong] were dead when we arrived at the scene, but some of the villagers didn’t seem to understand,” one of the rescue officers explained to the Gazette.

In the ensuing confusion, the rescue officers in one of the two Kusoldharm vehicles at the scene managed to take Ms Lamyong’s body to the Thalang Hospital morgue, but the rescue officers with the other Kusoldharm vehicle had to wait for the police to arrive before they would be allowed to take Mr Pairot’s body.

Mr Nontee was taken to Thalang Police Station for questioning and to be tested for alcohol, before being sent to Thalang Hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in the beating.

The villagers blocked the road in protest, which ended about 30 minutes later, with police clearing the way to allow traffic through.

Mr Nonee tested positive for alcohol, delivering a blood-alcohol reading of 177mg (a BAC reading of 0.17).

He is now being held at Thalang Police Station.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle12807.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-04-14

Another sad story on Songkran day. One of them the pick up driver or motor cycle driver must have been drunk or on drugs.

Terrible story but not in the least surprising.....

Alcohol + fast driving = Death

They'll never learn unfortunately.....

It's the reaction of the villagers that I find most disturbing........... tribal, like a pack of animals, ignorance, beating, 'law of the jungle', attacking the rescuers.

A very worrying mentality among many people here.

Terrible story but not in the least surprising.....

Alcohol + fast driving = Death

They'll never learn unfortunately.....

Don't know who you mean with 'they', but if you mean 'us, humanity', I totally agree with you.

If mu numbers are correct the amount of alcohol measured is very little though, not even one glass of beer or wine, and an amount with with many people drive, legally also in many countries.

one of the other news source stated that it was believed that the motorbike had no tailgate and the area has no street lamps (again, some horrible reporting by the gazette) The villagers were angry because a few months ago the same thing happened and after a blockade they were promised new street lights in a week or 2 but they were never installed.

It will be said in a few days that the motorbike was completely at fault, driving in the fast lane with no tail light on a dark street, that accident could never of happened if they had been driving close to the left side

If mu numbers are correct the amount of alcohol measured is very little though, not even one glass of beer or wine, and an amount with with many people drive, legally also in many countries.

Actually a BAC of .17 is around 7 or 8 drinks assuming a weight of 160 pounds.

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If mu numbers are correct the amount of alcohol measured is very little though, not even one glass of beer or wine, and an amount with with many people drive, legally also in many countries.

Actually a BAC of .17 is around 7 or 8 drinks assuming a weight of 160 pounds.

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average somchai is usualy 120-130 pound. So .17 is close to being blind drunk

.average somchai is usualy 120-130 pound. So .17 is close to being blind drunk

Because the average thai male has less body mass only means that he needs to drink less than the average westerner to achieve the same BAC.................. which in this case was 0.17%.

Actually 0.17% BAC is the US National average for drivers where an accident has involved a fatality.

Sanuk

If mu numbers are correct the amount of alcohol measured is very little though, not even one glass of beer or wine, and an amount with with many people drive, legally also in many countries.

Actually a BAC of .17 is around 7 or 8 drinks assuming a weight of 160 pounds.

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Yes, did have my numbers wrong. Presuming 140 LBS he would have had 6-7 drinks.

And now I know why drivers flee the scene. The villagers are as big of hillbillies as the drivers that run away.