Huge crash in Ban Chang last night!

[LennyW]

It would appear the loaded 10 wheeler lost it's brakes and plowed into the rear of the vehicles waiting at the traffic light, quite a mess

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http://www.khaosod.co.th/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRReE16azVNamN4TVE9PQ%3D%3D

[craigt3365]

Google translate isn't too good, but looks like one person was killed. These 10 wheelers drive crazy and are rarely properly maintained.

[jdinasia]

Google translate isn't too good, but looks like one person was killed. These 10 wheelers drive crazy and are rarely properly maintained.

If you understand the basics of Thai : www.thai2english.com is very useful.

[LennyW]

Yes, 1 person dead unfortunately.

[craigt3365]

Google translate isn't too good, but looks like one person was killed. These 10 wheelers drive crazy and are rarely properly maintained.

If you understand the basics of Thai : www.thai2english.com is very useful.

I can't read Thai at all. Can speak a little bit, but can understand more when just listening. I can get the gist of the conversation. Great website!

[jdinasia]

Google translate isn't too good, but looks like one person was killed. These 10 wheelers drive crazy and are rarely properly maintained.

If you understand the basics of Thai : www.thai2english.com is very useful.

I can't read Thai at all. Can speak a little bit, but can understand more when just listening. I can get the gist of the conversation. Great website!

Helpful if you understand the basics of Thai vocabulary.

[craigt3365]

It's being reported in the Bangkok Post now, on their website. Please, no links here. Seems the driver violated a ban on these types of trucks in that road. The company should be sued big time for this.

[huangnon]

^Yep, 10-wheelers supposedly banned on that road after similar carnage a few years ago. Probably the same trucking company, paying a bit of "road tax" to the local plod. Same old, same old story..

We will be bumping this thread in another 2-3 years most likely.

[Soutpeel]

Apparently there was another pile up on Sukhumvit in Ban Chang last night involving a bus whose brakes failed and 6 or 7 cars

[Soutpeel]

^Yep, 10-wheelers supposedly banned on that road after similar carnage a few years ago. Probably the same trucking company, paying a bit of "road tax" to the local plod. Same old, same old story..

We will be bumping this thread in another 2-3 years most likely.

In the 14 years I have been in BC, trucks have been banned mutiple times on that road over the years and no one takes a blind bit of notice