webfact Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 One student killed and 22 injured in road accident NAKHON PATHIM: -- One student was killed and about 20 others injured when a song-thaew passenger truck in which they were travelling crashed into the rear of a parked six-wheel truck on Petkasem out-bound road in Nakhon Pathom this morning. Eyewitnesses said that the driver of the song-thaew truck whose name was unknown engaged in a road race with another truck before he lost control and crashed the vehicle into the rear of a truck parked on the roadside kerb near the Nakhon Chaisri bridge. The force of the collision tore apart the roof and body of the song-thaew and threw most of the students of Wat Narkprasit school out of the truck, killing one of the at the scene. 22 others were also injured whereas the driver escaped the scene. It was reported that the students normally travelled to school in a passenger van. However, the van broke down this morning and the owner hired the song-thaew truck to take the students to the school. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/one-student-killed-22-injured-road-accident/ [thaipbs]2014-08-04[/thaipbs] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "It was reported that the students normally travelled to school in a passenger van. However, the van broke down this morning and the owner hired the song-thaew truck to take the students to the school." Cutting corners and reducing costs. Should be partially held to account for supplying more dangerous mode of transport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Baht bus crash leaves 22 students injured and one dead BANGKOK, 4 August 2014 (NNT) - This morning at 8:30, a baht bus carrying school students crashed into a six-wheeler truck at Petchkasem Road in Bangkok. Twenty two students were wounded and one of them died from injuries sustained in the accident. Reports indicate that the baht bus was used as a replacement vehicle to carry students from the Wat Nakprasit School, as the school van had broken down and was undergoing maintenance. The impact of the crash caused the roof of the baht bus to be ripped off. Police investigations confirm that the baht bus driver had been speeding and was earlier racing another vehicle, which caused the driver to lose control and crash into the truck. The driver escaped unharmed and fled the scene. Authorities are now doing whatever they can to pursue the driver in order to bring him to justice. [nnt]2014-08-04[/nnt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ginjag Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 2 things here. 1 Fled the scene what a bar steward. I killed and the rest-----a NORMAL person would have been there to do what he could to help. 2 How many in a baht taxi 22.??? Local transport department----look into this, for gods sake stop the carnage, unless money is more valuable than life and pain . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 the driver of the song-thaew truck whose name was unknown engaged in a road race fled the scene. Stereotype, nice to meet you. But of course a driver providing the duty of care of over 20 students while transporting them in the West is just as likely to be "racing another truck" while doing so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "Fled the scene", how very predictable. A sad waste of life caused by an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daiwill60 Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 I used to be a teacher at this school , be careful what is said on here please. RIP and hope all others make a good recovery. Shocking news. So sad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ozsamurai Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 I live 100m from the crash scene, my son attends this school. I was passed by 5 ambulance on my return from dropping him off this morning. It occurred in Samphran not Bangkok Sai 7. early gossip on the scene indicated 5 student were admitted to ICU in Nakhon Pathom. High praise was given to the students themselves who on their own, went out into the 4 lane highway to retrieve their classmates to carry them to safety. Terrible all around and a dark day for the locals around here. Oz 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboctok Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 the driver of the song-thaew truck whose name was unknown engaged in a road race fled the scene. Stereotype, nice to meet you. But of course a driver providing the duty of care of over 20 students while transporting them in the West is just as likely to be "racing another truck" while doing so. Thank you for saying so. Of course using a stereotype to judge anybody is completely unfair. As we all know, there are good people and bad people living in every country, and there are good drivers and bad drivers in every country too. Road accidents happen in all countries. I hope everybody can learn to understand this, and not use stereotypes to judge anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 This is what the junta should do ..... take care of those careless drivers specially those driving students , kids etc .... in fact all drivers transporting people. Send them to driving courses .... and he fled the scene ..why am I not surprise ? another tragic accident which could be avoided with some common sense and a good practice in driving . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ozsamurai Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 btw, Samphran isn't that big.... all the local boys have found the driver and the police have arrested him. Oz 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 btw, Samphran isn't that big.... all the local boys have found the driver and the police have arrested him. Oz Hope the kids in ICU pull through ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 btw, Samphran isn't that big.... all the local boys have found the driver and the police have arrested him. Oz Hope the kids in ICU pull through ok. Hope the local boys gave him some "street justice" before handing him over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rethaier Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "It was reported that the students normally travelled to school in a passenger van. However, the van broke down this morning and the owner hired the song-thaew truck to take the students to the school." Cutting corners and reducing costs. Should be partially held to account for supplying more dangerous mode of transport. How do you get 21+ people in a song-thaew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "It was reported that the students normally travelled to school in a passenger van. However, the van broke down this morning and the owner hired the song-thaew truck to take the students to the school." Cutting corners and reducing costs. Should be partially held to account for supplying more dangerous mode of transport. How do you get 21+ people in a song-thaew? Some are ON top. some hang from the back, the rest are in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Two kindergarten aged children were sitting in the front with the original bus driver on his lap, he managed to save them from injury. The boy who died was thrown from the back of the vehicle onto the road. The driver of the truck said he broke down last night and parked outside the repair shop to have the truck looked at today, he was in the cabin when the song thaew struck it in the middle, he is understandably very shaken over the images of the boys scattered on the road. Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KED Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Such a horrific accident, the best way to mourn the lost and injured is to determine the exact cause of the incident and then make sure it does not happen to anyone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leggo Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sterotypes my ass! The accident rate in Thailand is totally out of control and it is about time the government and police got serious - not a week goes by without a serious road accident and God knows how many schoolchildren have been involved. How dreadful for the parents. This guy should get ten years to set an example to other idiots like him - racing a songthaew full of school kids - how <deleted> moronic can it get! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "It was reported that the students normally travelled to school in a passenger van. However, the van broke down this morning and the owner hired the song-thaew truck to take the students to the school." Cutting corners and reducing costs. Should be partially held to account for supplying more dangerous mode of transport. How do you get 21+ people in a song-thaew? No idea. Clearly not safe to do so though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sterotypes my ass! The accident rate in Thailand is totally out of control and it is about time the government and police got serious - not a week goes by without a serious road accident and God knows how many schoolchildren have been involved. How dreadful for the parents. This guy should get ten years to set an example to other idiots like him - racing a songthaew full of school kids - how <deleted> moronic can it get! Don't Stereotype! Thai drivers are the same everybody else! Some race each other while transporting children. Happens everywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 How do you get 21+ people in a song-thaew? You start by charging them money, then no other rules apply, sit on the bonnet lads if it will make another 5 baht. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 In all my time here, and all the accidents I've read about, not once, no never, has the driver hung around. Unless, of course, he was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captor Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 the driver of the song-thaew truck whose name was unknown engaged in a road race fled the scene. Stereotype, nice to meet you. But of course a driver providing the duty of care of over 20 students while transporting them in the West is just as likely to be "racing another truck" while doing so. Thank you for saying so. Of course using a stereotype to judge anybody is completely unfair. As we all know, there are good people and bad people living in every country, and there are good drivers and bad drivers in every country too. Road accidents happen in all countries. I hope everybody can learn to understand this, and not use stereotypes to judge anybody. Some countries have more bad drivers than other... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jeremy50 Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sterotypes my ass! The accident rate in Thailand is totally out of control and it is about time the government and police got serious - not a week goes by without a serious road accident and God knows how many schoolchildren have been involved. How dreadful for the parents. This guy should get ten years to set an example to other idiots like him - racing a songthaew full of school kids - how <deleted> moronic can it get! Don't Stereotype! Thai drivers are the same everybody else! Some race each other while transporting children. Happens everywhere. You are joking or just plain stupid, . It doesn't happen everywhere, that is the whole point. If it did the UK would have 20 000 road deaths a year not 1500. Similar populations numbers but completely different driving mentality and law enforcement, vehicle safety etc. Thais are among the worst drivers in the world, everyone seems to know this except you! If they were great drivers I would be more than happy to point that out. I guess we all would. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl64 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 So sad. Sad because there was another fatal accident . Sad because it's ok to have unrestrained children in a school bus. Sad that the pathetic driver ran away!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tingtongfarang Posted August 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2014 After all this media hype about crackdowns and how the police will enforce the traffic laws i had hoped things would change just a little on the roads here in bkk, Buses still stop in whichever lane they want rather than on the left at the bus stop, Taxis vans and buses still race and weave through the traffic and use left turn only lanes to jump the others waiting in the correct lane, Same amount of people jump red lights ....all vehicles, Roads are still full of under age-unlicenced drivers, Song thaews still crammed full of kids and hanging out the back, Police still sit in their air conditioned boxes and on occasion set up road blocks, The only change i have noticed is the odd police bike riding around clamping cars parked in no parking areas and motcycs getting into the habit of staying between the cars rather than infront of the white lines, The road carnage stays the same. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The day just gets worse with reports coming in now from local police that 4 more children that were rushed to the ICU in Nakhon Pathom have died. Bringing the death toll to possibly 5 now, 2 more still in ICU. Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbesangez Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Here are the deadliest countries with automobile accidents, along with the number of fatalities per 100,000 residents. Note that there's only one overlapping country, Malawi. ("Congo" refers to the Republic of the Congo, not the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a completely separate country.) 1. Namibia (45) 2. Thailand (44) 3. Iran (38) 4. Sudan (36) 5. Swaziland (36) 6. Venezuela (35) 7. Congo (34) 8. Malawi (32) 9. Dominican Republic (32) 10. Iraq (32) And the lowest fatality rates from auto accidents. Again, there's little overlap, other than Maldives: 184. Switzerland (5) 185. Netherlands (4) 186. Antigua and Barbuda (4) 187. Tonga (4) 188. Israel (4) 189. Marshall Islands (4) 190. Fiji (4) 191. Malta (3) 192. Tajikistan (3) 193. Maldives (2) the answer is above .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sterotypes my ass! The accident rate in Thailand is totally out of control and it is about time the government and police got serious - not a week goes by without a serious road accident and God knows how many schoolchildren have been involved. How dreadful for the parents. This guy should get ten years to set an example to other idiots like him - racing a songthaew full of school kids - how <deleted> moronic can it get! Don't Stereotype! Thai drivers are the same everybody else! Some race each other while transporting children. Happens everywhere. Don't know much about the REAL WORLD outside of Thailand, do you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Happens everywhere. Don't think so, go home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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