Bangkok: Woman dies after car plunges from car park to the ground

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Woman dies after car plunges from car park to the ground



BANGKOK: -- A woman was killed when her Honda Civic sedan plunged from the seventh floor of the parking lot of The Mall Bangkapi.

She was identified as Ms Supaporn Wiengnark, 45.

She died inside the badly damaged car which laid upside down on the ground.

Investigation by Lardprao police revealed that she engaged in an accident with a car while driving down the eight floor to the seventh floor and crashed into a concrete wall and fell to the ground.

A witness said her car hit another car while coming down and lost control and banked on the wall. The car which was hit by her car also rammed into two other cars.

Police said they would look into video cameras in the car park to find the exact cause of the fatal accident.

The incident forced the department store to close the car park area for inspection.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/woman-dies-car-plunges-car-park-ground


-- Thai PBS 2014-11-26

[irishsmile]

Tragic accident, RIP.

[ChaangNoi]

Where the cars going at high speed? This seems at for inside a car park.

[JOC]

Interesting to notice the text on the OP-photo "Palm Rescue Club"

Clearly more interested in making a little money, than actually helping the victim!!

[godden]

Tragic

[gemini81]

Hub of retarded driving. Had to be going way too fast to manage that. They drive way too fast in car parks.

Edited November 26, 2014 by gemini81

[Johnnie99]

Look people ... you say RIP and stuff.

Yet if you really looked at how these people drive, you would see that in most cases their own inability is a contributory factor in their 'accidents'.

An 'accident' is that which is unavoidable.

Knowing how to drive correctly would make some of these incidents avoidable and hence not 'accidents'.

[Loles]

RIP Khun Supaporn.

[Loles]

Where the cars going at high speed? This seems at for inside a car park.

Do you think need high speed to brake those 8 cm small walls, which are not bonded to the concrete-vase? You go and check them by yourself.

I'm scared to lean them.

It's a big joke the local architecture. Reo Reo but with out any quality and safe.

[gemini81]

Where the cars going at high speed? This seems at for inside a car park.

Do you think need high speed to brake those 8 cm small walls, which are not bonded to the concrete-vase? You go and check them by yourself.

I'm scared to lean them.

It's a big joke the local architecture. Reo Reo but with out any quality and safe.

tell me about it. They budget so tight here scraping for every inch of profit to make, our firm has to reduce the materials to the most rudimentary, basic things. Sometimes its appalling the laws which have such low building standards..take balcony surface height, for example, handrails and so on. I think 'yikes' every time..

[mojorison]

Poor technique?

[Scott]

I wonder if the lady had a seizure or something that contributed to the accident?

[Sviss Geez]

Interesting to notice the text on the OP-photo "Palm Rescue Club"

Clearly more interested in making a little money, than actually helping the victim!!

How did you manage to work that out from a photo? Your posts just keep getting more and more banal.

[Sydebolle]

I'm surprised that not more accidents are happening. The driving skills here are, let's say mind-boggling, to stay polite.

[MiKT]

A witness said her car hit another car while coming down and lost control and banked on the wall. The car which was hit by her car also rammed into two other cars.

I know this car park very well, it is quite a reasonable size ramp, but easy to go too fast when exiting from a floor. It would seem from the description given, she must have rammed into another car from behind and run up and over the wall (not many concrete debris in the picture).

The other explanation (much more likely, but not matching the report) is she was hit by a car speeding up from below which went wide and pushed her into the wall.

As so many people die in Thailand (and other countries) in similar accidents. It is a pity there are not enough regulations on the height and strength of car park ramp barriers.

Condolances to her family.

[MaxLee]

So,.... then..... what actually happened? Jealousy? cheap-assed repair service???

[trogers]

So,.... then..... what actually happened? Jealousy? cheap-assed repair service???

More likely a purchased driving license.

Edited November 26, 2014 by trogers

[Fred Flinstone]

Very sad

[54321]

Close the car park for a month while the investigation takes place. The only way to improve safety, is to hurt the big companies in their pockets. This type of incident should never happen

[Basil B]

Interesting to notice the text on the OP-photo "Palm Rescue Club"

Clearly more interested in making a little money, than actually helping the victim!!

Do not think there was anything they could have done anyway, seems as the photos were endorsed PRC at least any royalties will be going to the PRC not an individual.

[Laughing Gravy]

Look people ... you say RIP and stuff.

Yet if you really looked at how these people drive, you would see that in most cases their own inability is a contributory factor in their 'accidents'.

An 'accident' is that which is unavoidable.

Knowing how to drive correctly would make some of these incidents avoidable and hence not 'accidents'.

I couldn't agree more. The driving here is abysmal and is the most cause of stress to me on a daily basis, as I drive. I understand that there is limited education but come on people learn from your mistakes. I have not many people who are Thai that know anything about braking distance, pedestrian crossings, roundabouts, signalling before manoeuvring, moving through the gears, right of way etc etc. I hate to rant but the amount of accidents people have in their cars and what you see on the roads daily, you would think that people would learn from them.

Before the 'if you don't like it go home brigade start'. I am just mentioning something that needs to change for the better of everyone here who lives in Thailand, in particularly Bangkok. Even in some middle east countries now, they drive more carefully have less fatalities.

I use that car park a couple of times a week and the driver behind must have been going at some speed to cause the other car to go over the top. A sad story but one that people need to learn from.

[Digitalbanana]

A video of it smacking the ground on the YouLike web site. The Thais chatting near the white car parked nearby were lucky.

[Strangebrew]

Looks like suicide to me many things fall from high to only hit ground in Thailand, Any Thai's know why? RIP At least only one die could have been worst.

[metisdead]

A nonsense post has been removed as well as the replies.

[Asiantravel]

I'm surprised that not more accidents are happening. The driving skills here are, let's say mind-boggling, to stay polite.

.................particularly when they drive and chat on the mobile phone at the same time

[Humberstone]

A similar incident happened at the building where I work. A lady died when she drove her car down the ramp and through the wall from the 6th floor of the car park.

The walls offer no protection, they are mainly just brick infill panels, rendered and painted. You don't need to drive that fast to go over.

[superal]

My wife and her papa and me were out driving recently . I asked my wife what she thought the solid yellow line in the middle of the road was for , she did not know so I told her to ask papa who used to drive a tuk tuk taxi full time and his reply was , to be able to see the road easier at night when dark " True

[mike324]

Incidents like this happens in first world western nations too, people are quick to jump into conclusion that she cannot drive. There are people who can't drive on both sides of the ocean. Why does some find the need to point a finger at the deceased?

[mike324]

Interesting to notice the text on the OP-photo "Palm Rescue Club"

Clearly more interested in making a little money, than actually helping the victim!!

How did you manage to work that out from a photo? Your posts just keep getting more and more banal.

That photo was taken from the twitter account that belongs to the "Palm Rescue Club". They are an emergency volunteer group / organization that makes money by bring the injured / deceased to hospitals. Hospitals give commission to these rescue workers, in Thailand there are rivalries between these emergency volunteer groups and every year there are some kind of a shoot out between groups for stepping on each others turf.

[jdinasia]

Look people ... you say RIP and stuff.

Yet if you really looked at how these people drive, you would see that in most cases their own inability is a contributory factor in their 'accidents'.

An 'accident' is that which is unavoidable.

Knowing how to drive correctly would make some of these incidents avoidable and hence not 'accidents'.

So very different than from the UK where nobody ever drives poorly.