4 killed, 8 injured in crash between bus, trailer truck in Phayao

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4 killed, 8 injured in crash between bus, trailer truck in Phayao

BANGKOK: -- A Bangkok-Phayao air-conditioned bus crashed into a trailer truck in Phayao at 8 pm Wednesday, killing the bus driver, a monk and two other passengers while injuring eight other passengers, police said.

The truck driver fled the scene.

The monk was unidentified while the two passengers were identified as Pongchai Sakaoduan and Atipong Chanthip. The bus driver Romyen Kaewsom also died at the scene.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/4-killed-8-injured-in-crash-between-bus-trailer-tr-30241410.html


-- The Nation 2014-08-21

[khwaibah]

If the Olympics ever have a Driver Running Away Marathon from accidents. Its a give me on which country will sweep the medals. RIP.

Edited August 21, 2014 by khwaibah

[ginjag]

If the Olympics ever have a Driver Running Away Marathon from accidents. Its a give me on which country will sweep the medals. RIP.

Why cannot these "fled the scene" drivers do it before the commencement of the journey???

I can imagine what the area may have been like, as it is up and down hill in that province -I lived in that area for a while. Sad again. What a super upbringing the truck driver must have had. Parental guidance at school age sets the standard, here it seems to be lacking--school tuition/parental tuition.

[clockman]

No role models!

[kurnell]

If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

[ginjag]

If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

He ran because he did wrong, so you would do the same be a crazy driver and flee ?? Sorry but a sad post. You would not have shown some goodness to help the injured, it would show to everyone you were a decent man.

[worgeordie]

Someone taking a corner on the wrong side of the road again

no doubt,happens all to often,thats the problem.

regards Worgeordie

[robertthebruce]

Once again another tragic crash with fatalities, but the Goverment and the Authorities, just turn a blind eye to this.

Just another day, another accident....

So so sad, and pointless...

And as for "Fleeing the Scene" how bad is that, it's like a child getting caught stealing......

What human in there right mind would do that..... ????

R.I.P.

[iReason]

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If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

No. The scorn of the civilised world is what you would receive.

Only an absolutely soulless, selfish coward would leave others to die and lay bleeding.

But hey, what do you care? You got your little chuckle of the day...

However, at least now you have illustrated your character.

[ginjag]

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If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

No. The scorn of the civilised world is what you would receive.

Only an absolutely soulless, selfish coward would leave others to die and lay bleeding.

But hey, what do you care? You got your little chuckle of the day...

However, at least now you have illustrated your character.

Exactly, These INCIDENTS are not usually accidents. The truck driver is not normal in the real world, but in Thailand it near shows upbringing is not normal in thousands and thousands of cases, and not just referring to these incidents.

[trainman34014]

It has to be understood that drivers are told to leave the scene and report back to the Cops later to avoid any chance of lynch mob activity going on. They are told to do this by the Cops and by their employers. To us it's disgusting and immoral but to them it's normal behaviour. Never forget where you are !

[Loles]

" The truck driver fled the scene. "

I guess this is the national sport in TH.

When the police will catch him, he will say on their knees with tears in his eyes: solly, solly.

Around 5,000 B penalty and will go home to prepare himself for the next road-killing.

This is the biggest problem here.

Edited August 21, 2014 by Loles

[ginjag]

It has to be understood that drivers are told to leave the scene and report back to the Cops later to avoid any chance of lynch mob activity going on. They are told to do this by the Cops and by their employers. To us it's disgusting and immoral but to them it's normal behaviour. Never forget where you are !

It's not where you are it's the type of people that condone this disgusting attitude. YOUR boy lying badly injured in the road, so you still run off??? because you are advised to do it ??? so it's not normal to have normal feelings for others ??.......Nationwide morals ?? upbringing ???

If a lynch mob threat, then it is morals and upbringing again.----anarchy, lousy police attitude, you name it.

[thesetat2013]

With the punishment harsher on drug and alcohol users while driving this driver must have foreseen the consequences and fled. What surprises me is how and where he could have run to? Just as in every small town people know when a stranger is walking about. I am most certain he was not in any condition to just up and run away as well....Since foresight is not an inherent trade amongst thai I find it even harder to believe that his running was planned since they will soon know who he is and where to find him through his truck and company.....

Sad that Thais cannot face up to their misdeeds and are always first in line to take credit. My sympathies for the injured and deceased

[alocacoc]

" The truck driver fled the scene. "

I guess this is the national sport in TH.

It's the Thai way of Buddhism.

[kurnell]

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If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

No. The scorn of the civilised world is what you would receive.

Only an absolutely soulless, selfish coward would leave others to die and lay bleeding.

But hey, what do you care? You got your little chuckle of the day...

However, at least now you have illustrated your character.

Oh yeah!?

[ginjag]

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If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

No. The scorn of the civilised world is what you would receive.

Only an absolutely soulless, selfish coward would leave others to die and lay bleeding.

But hey, what do you care? You got your little chuckle of the day...

However, at least now you have illustrated your character.

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

[kurnell]

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If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

No. The scorn of the civilised world is what you would receive.

Only an absolutely soulless, selfish coward would leave others to die and lay bleeding.

But hey, what do you care? You got your little chuckle of the day...

However, at least now you have illustrated your character.

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

Oh yeah?

[ginjag]

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No. The scorn of the civilised world is what you would receive.

Only an absolutely soulless, selfish coward would leave others to die and lay bleeding.

But hey, what do you care? You got your little chuckle of the day...

However, at least now you have illustrated your character.

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

Oh yeah?

Ha, choose your weapons 10 paces and turn

[kurnell]

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

Oh yeah?

Ha, choose your weapons 10 paces and turn

My witty responses are my weapons

[gemini81]

If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

We're too busy puntin' with your mum to care.

[kurnell]

If I had a choice between a) being beaten to death by a lynch mob and running way like a scared little girl, I think I would choose the latter, even if I had to cop the scorn of Thai Visa punters

We're too busy puntin' with your mum to care.

Are you a Gemini too?

[webfact]

Four die in head-on collision in Phayao





BANGKOK: -- Four passengers, including the bus driver, died and seven others were injured when a 10-wheeled truck collided with a Chiang Khong-bound bus on Wednesday night in Phayao province.

The trailer truck with its cargo of grapes was on its way to Bangkok while the bus with 11 passengers was travelling to Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district when the accident occurred around 8 pm in Tambon Huai Lan of Dok Kham Tai district.

A truck driver Karn Phothong who was driving behind the bus told police that the trailer truck lost control as it sped down a slope, hitting the Sombat Tour’s bus which was climbing up the hilly slope.

The collision sent the bus to fall into a ravine, followed by the trailer truck which skidded for a short distance before going off the road.

A Phayao Transport officer said four men, including the bus driver, were killed in the accident. One was a monk.

Six bus passengers and the truck driver were rushed to two nearby hospitals.

It was not immediately who was wrong in the mishap as they are investigating the actual cause of accident.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/four-die-head-collision-phayao/


-- Thai PBS 2014-08-21

[ginjag]

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

Oh yeah?

Ha, choose your weapons 10 paces and turn

My witty responses are my weapons

I thrive on humour/jokes. ok

But your #5 post was not so witty though.

[kurnell]

Oh yeah?

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

Ha, choose your weapons 10 paces and turn

My witty responses are my weapons

I thrive on humour/jokes. ok

But your #5 post was not so witty though.

Life is full of disappointments

[ginjag]

Oh yeah?

Oh yeah!?

Yeah.

Ha, choose your weapons 10 paces and turn

My witty responses are my weapons

I thrive on humour/jokes. ok

But your #5 post was not so witty though.

Life is full of disappointments

I can agree there. I commented on the other accident topic, you read it yet.??

[ratcatcher]

"......bus crashed into a trailer truck."

There are, I believe, some inconsistencies in this story as reported by The Nation..

It says the bus crashed into the truck trailer unit. In actual fact it would seem that the reported 10 wheeler presumably with a trailer with 10 wheels of its own, was coming downhill, lost control and crashed into the front of the bus as witnessed by the driver of a tanker truck following the bus up the hill. (There are more than 10 wheels on truck-trailer units operating in Thailand.

It is always a shame when reports of accidents such as this leave out or distort information.

Another paragraph in the ongoing story of "Adventures on Thailand's roads". RIP the fatalities.

[LuckyLew]

Condolences to the families of those lost

Hopefully the new PM will attempt to stop this sort of occurence, both the accident and the fleeing the scene

[abitmiffed]

No doubt he will turn himself in after 3 days once the drugs are out of his system. Cowardly selfish thai people...

[ikbenhet]

Plenty of youtube movies where Thai driver stays or gets caught after an accident with injured people.

Watch what happens to them a lot of the times. They get kicked and beaten by the crowd and the police does nothing.

Edited August 21, 2014 by ikbenhet