webfact Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Truck crash in southern Thailand kills 8 students, driverHAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — A pickup truck carrying a group of students in southern Thailand careened Tuesday onto a traffic island and hit some trees, killing eight of the students and the driver, police said.Police Lt. Sujin Srithong said the accident occurred in the southern province of Narathiwat when the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel. He said four other students were hospitalized in serious condition.Trucks are often used for group transportation in Thailand.Several studies have found that Thailand has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the world. A World Health Organization survey ranked it second worst after Namibia.-- (c) Associated Press 2015-08-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 8 students and a driver killed in a road accident in Tak BaiHAT YAI: -- Eight students and the driver of a modified school bus were killed when the vehicle rammed into a row of trees on an island in the middle of a road in Narathiwat’s Tak Bai district on Tuesday. Three other students were also seriously injured in the accident in Ban Sapom, Tambon Praiwan.Pol Lt Suchin Srithong, the duty officer of Tak Bai district police, said that the driver whose name was not known at press time took the students from Nara Sikhalai school to have them sent home.During the journey, the officer said he suspected the driver might have fallen asleep momentarily causing the school bus which was modified from a pick-up truck to veer off course and crashed into a row of trees in the middle of the road.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/8-students-and-a-driver-killed-in-a-road-accident-in-tak-bai -- Thai PBS 2015-08-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 More carnage on Thai roads...When are they going to wake up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 We have a school bus driver who turns up drunk. in the bus taking kids to school. Who has to report this? No one else will. So I do it. Do they care? Not sure yet. Will post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I travelled a lot in Namibia and never saw as much carnage on the roads as we see in Thailand.. About time they claimed the top spot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 More carnage on Thai roads...When are they going to wake up? The bumpiness of the truck coming off the road probably wakes them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I travelled a lot in Namibia and never saw as much carnage on the roads as we see in Thailand.. About time they claimed the top spot ! Sad but true. They only count the dead at the scene of the accident, if you die on the way to hospital you only get listed as injured. They are trying to avoid the top spot and be known as "The Hub of road Deaths" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 R.i.P. to all of the Innocent lives lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I know this is News, but it's boring now.. As it's an everyday fact here in Thailand.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joloit Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I am sure the new police chief will have more road checks. Very sad news day by day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) Thailand must have the only clairvoyant police in the World, they seem to know ,what happened in lots of accidents,deaths, suicides etc,within minutes of viewing the scene. regards Worgeordie RIP the dead,more wasted lives. Edited August 12, 2015 by worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Paul Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Isn't about time, Thailand made all passenger carrying vehicles subject to more stringent licences and also have the spy in the cab technology as well as speed governors fitted. I can't remember the number of times I see Coaches, buses, school buses as well as truck taxis passing me, and I am doing 90 kph. Most drivers seem absolutely oblivious to the traffic on the road going from one lane to another with narry a signal. Police turn a blind eye as if they have been paid off. Thailand deservces the top spot on deaths as well as the top spot of incompetent uncaring and useless Traffic law enforcers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckizuchinni Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 That was my wife's school. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstar1 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Another Day another tragic accident will they never learn lovey mothers day present RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) More carnage on Thai roads...When are they going to wake up? They will not wake up. It's not about 'waking up'. It culls the 'Useless Eaters' as Henry (The Human-Sauage) Kissinger once noted. Killing the poor on the road helps keep the population in check. If you're human cargo in the back of a truck or on a motorcycle, you fit the criteria for 'Elimination via Thai Transportation Services'. Human rights don't mean a whole lot here. There has been plenty of press on that lately, and the government response has pretty much been the equivalent to a shoulder shrug. Ever see a VIP go by in a motorcade of about 30 vans, multiple motorcycles, police cars: The Top of The Food Chain don't worry at all about getting killed in a road accident. That's for the 'little people'. Edited August 12, 2015 by connda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 We have a school bus driver who turns up drunk. in the bus taking kids to school. Who has to report this? No one else will. So I do it. Do they care? Not sure yet. Will post. Have a quite work to the school Director. They are often in charge of employing the drivers to serve the kids from their school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 "Several studies have found that Thailand has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the world. A World Health Organization survey ranked it second worst after Namibia." Wow what a study ! A vast desert country with 2,1 million people , barely any roads .....and Thailand with 67 million + foreigners , vast roadnetwork and too many motorbikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 So, so very sad. R.I.P. children. I guess the driver is in a sense lucky he is not around to deal with the fallout. Someday Thailand may come into the real world and outlaw children and all people in the back of a truck, but it will be many, many years down the road because people are too poor to afford proper transportation such as school buses. This is the government failing their citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebluewater Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I travelled a lot in Namibia and never saw as much carnage on the roads as we see in Thailand.. About time they claimed the top spot ! Sad but true. They only count the dead at the scene of the accident, if you die on the way to hospital you only get listed as injured. I wish someone would prove this often repeated chestnut just one time to me about this dead/injured thing. I doubt anyone really can. And I don't mean "a policeman told me" or "an ambulance guy said so". I mean some real proof. I don't know if it's true or not but there are so many thing here that are told as fact that are actually urban myths. I've asked to see some sorta proof on other such threads and no one has done it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 We have a school bus driver who turns up drunk. in the bus taking kids to school. Who has to report this? No one else will. So I do it. Do they care? Not sure yet. Will post. Have a quite work to the school Director. They are often in charge of employing the drivers to serve the kids from their school. Breathalise them if they pick up from school, bring in the death penalty for causing death by wreckless use of a motor vehicle. Tragic loss of innocent life again. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 ...they do not mention time of day for the accident.....??? ...so sad.......completely senseless.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circusman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 We have a school bus driver who turns up drunk. in the bus taking kids to school. Who has to report this? No one else will. So I do it. Do they care? Not sure yet. Will post. Have a quite work to the school Director. They are often in charge of employing the drivers to serve the kids from their school. Breathalise them if they pick up from school, bring in the death penalty for causing death by wreckless use of a motor vehicle. Tragic loss of innocent life again. RIP. Totally useless suggestion. No realistic expectation it could happen in a third world country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I have become desensitized with these daily news reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 More carnage on Thai roads...When are they going to wake up? The bumpiness of the truck coming off the road probably wakes them up. Stupid insensitive reply.next time don't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I travelled a lot in Namibia and never saw as much carnage on the roads as we see in Thailand.. About time they claimed the top spot ! Sad but true. They only count the dead at the scene of the accident, if you die on the way to hospital you only get listed as injured. I wish someone would prove this often repeated chestnut just one time to me about this dead/injured thing. I doubt anyone really can. And I don't mean "a policeman told me" or "an ambulance guy said so". I mean some real proof. I don't know if it's true or not but there are so many thing here that are told as fact that are actually urban myths. I've asked to see some sorta proof on other such threads and no one has done it yet. Here's a news article that mentions it when comparing Govt and WHO stats. http://asiancorrespondent.com/131679/thailand-road-deaths/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlwilliamsjr18 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Take PRIDE, Thailand....#2 in the world for TRAFFIC DEATHS! And it won't stop, body counts keep on climbing. Imagine what some real police work could accomplish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 More carnage on Thai roads...When are they going to wake up? A very unfortunate turn of phrase in this instance considering the cause of the accident....RIP. All. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sendintheclowns Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 To the 50% who seem to have forgotten what compassion is, you will probably die angry and alone. To the other 50% of posters, thanks for saying what needs to be said. Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 So, so very sad. R.I.P. children. I guess the driver is in a sense lucky he is not around to deal with the fallout. Someday Thailand may come into the real world and outlaw children and all people in the back of a truck, but it will be many, many years down the road because people are too poor to afford proper transportation such as school buses. This is the government failing their citizens. It is already illegal to ride in the back of a pickup. Just another law that is never enforced, and so people die and will continue to die, every day somewhere in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I have become desensitized with these daily news reports. It just makes me scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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