Chon Buri:- Four Hong Kong tourists and two Thais were severely injured when their car plunged into a roadside ditch and crashed into the prodding concrete part of a manhole, police said.

Pol Lt Pongsawat Mormungkhun, an investigator of Na Jomthien police station, said the accident occurred at 1 pm on Sunday at the kilometer marker No 159 on the Pattaya-Sattahib Road in front of the Chon Buri Kaset and Technology College in Tambon Na Jomthien in Sattahib district.

The driver and five passengers were travelling in a Honda sedan car with Surat Thani license plate. They were identified as Boonchan Thongdee, 50, Thanachote Thongdee, 6, Kin Knok Tong, 56, Shuk Yilai, 48, Rit Ying Tong, 29, and Kit Yee Tong, 19.

The six were rushed to the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.

Eyewitnesses told police that the car was driving very fast from Pattaya, heading to Sattahib. When it arrived at the accident scene, a pick-up truck suddenly cut into its lane, prompting the car to swerve to the ditch and crashed into the prodding part of the manhole.

The witnesses told police that the driver of the pick-up truck parked and came out to take a look briefly and rushed away to the direction of Sattahib.

Early last year, the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute released its study on global road accidents, which found Thailand ranked number two in the university’s study of road fatalities in the world, with 44 road deaths per 100,000 people. It was second only to Namibia, which had 45 road deaths per 100,000.

And may the pickup driver rest in peace.

I hope these guys recover soon, maybe had a dash camera? Speeding?

As for the prodding manhole cover, maybe meant protruding?

^^^ RIP?

"The witnesses told police that the driver of the pick-up truck parked and came out to take a look briefly and rushed away"

To leave them all to die.

Thainess. Buddhism at it's lowest.

Were the Thai driving the car?

A Thai driving lesson for the Chinese in Chiang Mai?

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/dos-donts-guide-chinese-tourists-chiang-mai

another example of Thainess...the pickup driver came out to see and upon seeing they are badly injured left the scene...what a brave act and act of compassion

Well what will it take to instill in the majority of thai drivers heads slow down,what's the rush,when the Thais are not driving cars they are relaxed slow in no hurry,but why when they get behind the wheel of a car ,all the laziness and Sabai doesn't exist, is an ego trip .he look at me ,or is it there superman,or is it is I am better than you,or is it deep down ignorant pricks,Buddha would not like that.i just received my thai drivers license and it was so so easy,this is the major problem which the government should enforce,example the test for visual is three tests,1 what color light is showing 2 looking straight ahead what color can you see from the corners of you're eyes,3 press a button to stop a marker equal to another. The harder it is to get there license the more they will learn,respect other road users,

^^^ RIP?

"The witnesses told police that the driver of the pick-up truck parked and came out to take a look briefly and rushed away"

To leave them all to die.

Thainess. Buddhism at it's lowest.

Were the Thai driving the car?

A Thai driving lesson for the Chinese in Chiang Mai?

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/dos-donts-guide-chinese-tourists-chiang-mai

Where did it say the pickup driver was Thai ?

another example of Thainess...the pickup driver came out to see and upon seeing they are badly injured left the scene...what a brave act and act of compassion

and no one of the eye widneses were able to remember the pickup registration !!

Thainese !!