Driver Crushed By Coach Door At South Pattaya Rest Area

[Rimmer]

Driver crushed by Coach Door at South Pattaya Rest Area

PATTAYA:--Security Officers who were on routine patrol at a Coach Stop located within the grounds of their Hotel, discovered the body of a coach driver who appeared to have been crushed by the doors of his own vehicle.

Police and rescue services were called to the car park of the Mountain Beach Hotel situated within the Pratamnuk Hill area and inspected the body of Khun Maetee who is aged in his thirties.

Security Guards knew the man well and every night at the end of his shift he would securely lock his coach. To do this he would have to activate the locking device from within the coach
Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/90268/driver-crushed-coach-door-south-pattaya-rest-area/

-- Pattaya One 2013-06-08

[Tywais]

Another one. Was just a few months ago that the same thing happened to a driver. No pressure switches or other safety devices to prevent this?

[sotsira]

Why didn't the driver just leave from the drivers door, which is the normal way.

[fakename]

Is there any safety for passengers? I would think there was some kind of switch, if someone couldnt make it through the door in time.

[petedk]

Another one. Was just a few months ago that the same thing happened to a driver. No pressure switches or other safety devices to prevent this?

Yes, I seem to remember something about it.

Are those doors really so powerful?

[xen]

I have seen bus drivers stand outside of the bus and use a key to close and open the door . They are under the front of the bus near the front wheel hub. Maybe these buses don't have that.

What a horrible way to go .

[skippybangkok]

Assume locally made to in china ? Why would an engineer make the door so powerful to start off with ?

[wilgoster]

Old or new, something to keep in mind passing thru the portal of the behemoth.

[Rimmer]

Off topic posts removed, Have a little respect please.

[jbrain]

Why didn't the driver just leave from the drivers door, which is the normal way.

Many of the new buses don't have a drivers door anymore

[biplanebluey]

Yes I was just thinking the same--------- Two identical accidents in a few months? I think this is the same one but why they want to re-hash it I cant explain ----Perhaps someone thought it was a good news pitch? Don't forget you are in Thailand !!!

[schondie]

Got to love the photo.

The door is pointed at, "yes, that's the one officer".

[biplanebluey]

Do not understand why there is so much force to close,enough to kill someone.I have been on the underground railway and can assure you that a few times I have held the doors open with little trouble and havn"t we all had to grab a lift door to stop it closing as you get in? No problems there so why this one? I think there must be something missing,or maybe dis-connected in the safety mechanism.Just my thoughts

[Tywais]

Yes I was just thinking the same--------- Two identical accidents in a few months? I think this is the same one but why they want to re-hash it I cant explain ----Perhaps someone thought it was a good news pitch? Don't forget you are in Thailand !!!

Don't think so. This one shows a night shot with him outside the bus. The other one was a day photo with him still caught in the bus standing vertically.

Found the report of the other individual crushed in a bus door in Phuket. So it is indeed a 2nd person on 18th March, also young at only 29. ThePhuketNews

[manarak]

Do not understand why there is so much force to close,enough to kill someone.

I wonder the same.

Why is the mechanism even so strong?

Edited June 9, 2013 by manarak

[SOTIRIOS]

...God forbid that the owners 'splurge' for a remote control.......

[bri1guy]

Something needs to be done to make these doors safer ASAP To die in such a freak accident & only in his 30s, RIP

Hope people learn from this so it wont happen again

[EyesWideOpen]

Sunlong Chinese bus ??? Sure as hell was not a Volvo bus.....

[Potosi]

It's possible the hydraulics and door solidity are upgraded because Thailand is burglary central. Security comes with a trade off, Khun Maetee learned.

[manarak]

Sunlong Chinese bus ??? Sure as hell was not a Volvo bus.....

If you ran a tour company in Thailand, I'd like to see how much modern Volvo buses you would have...

[fishhooks]

Why didn't the driver just leave from the drivers door, which is the normal way.

Regardless, not really appropriate to make a remark such as yours considering the actual outcome.

I'm offended by your lack of respect.

[sotsira]

Why didn't the driver just leave from the drivers door, which is the normal way.

Many of the new buses don't have a drivers door anymore

That could well be the case, but seeing that nearly all the ones i see around Pattaya

do have a drivers door, i would say that in this particular case and looking at the photo

that this coach indeed did have one.