Five die in head-on collision in Surat

SURAT: -- Five persons, including a 3-year-old boy, died when a 18-wheel trailer lost balance while entering a curve and rammed at three vehicles coming on opposite direction.
Six other people were injured.

The accident happened on Highway 4009 at KM 74-75 in Tambon Thung Luang of Wiang Sa district of Surat Thani at about 4.45 p.m. Saturday.

The trailer entered the curve on the highway with no slowdown of the speed, thus making it to slide and crashed onto three vehicles tailing behind each other on the curve.

Four persons of same family on the fatal pickup truck who included the boy died when the truck lost control upon impact and hit a roadside power pole.

Six others on another sedan were injured. One died later at hospital.

Witnesses said the incident happened while there was heavy rain in the areas.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/five-die-head-collision-surat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-die-head-collision-surat

-- Thai PBS 2014-06-22

pure insanity

Thainess, no farang understand!

The speed that the truck was travelling can be assessed by on-site investigators ... and I suspect that the outcome would be that the truck driver should be facing several counts of causing death by dangerous reckless driving...!!

Since nobody that died was related to the 'authorities', then nobody will care.

All too normal happenings in LOS

Another one. Driver probably asleep, or nearly so, brick on the throttle - here we go again ...

The article I read reported that the driver of the lorry fled the scene. Presumably the owner and the driver of the vehicle can be tracked through the registration. When the driver is found he should be imprisoned for a very long period and have his license revoked for ever. Oh dear, just dreaming again - a slap on the wrist, don't do it again and a 200THB fine is more likely.

Apart from the ever evident dumb ignorance of far too many Thai drivers, use of 'on', as opposed to 'in', is either use of the wrong preposition, or yet again, passengers were sitting/standing in the bed of the pick-up truck.

But, but....on my way to pick up my load I was doing that speed around that curve, why shouldn't I do the same speed on the way back?

Besides, I have a truck. It's worth more than those cars. They should make way for me.