rooster59 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Minivan Hits High Voltage Electric Pole Bursts Into Flames – updated with video Story by Albert Jack PATTAYA: At 3am on the morning of Sunday July 10 police and firefighters were called to road accident close to the Huay Yai Temple on Sukhumvit Road, just south of Jomtien.A bronze Toyota Commuter had smashed into a high voltage electricity pole which then collapsed onto the vehicle. Live cables were torn out and scattered over an area of two-hundred meters causing huge fires.Rescue workers struggled in heavy rain to contain and then put out the flames.The driver, fifty-eight year old Mana Pinyophong, has told officers he was returning home from a party and lost control of his vehicle in the pouring rain. He said it slid sideways across the road before hitting the pole. Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/227063/minivan-hits-electric-pole-bursts-flames/ -- Pattaya One 2016-07-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 It was raining, good enough excuse in LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 In other words he was drunk.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Returning home from a party! In other words, drunk as a skunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 It looks like it happened not because of the rain but someone moved the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Did the cops ask him to inflate a party balloon for them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) In other words he was drunk.! No he was just driving in the usual safe fashion for Thai Drivers / Riders . Totally normal Edited July 10, 2016 by onemorechang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Same shit different day,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 That deserves a lottery ticket. Mini Van driver competence test, "How fast can you run after an accident." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanku Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Would never happen if the cables were underground, Ha Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 3.00am, pouring rain, possibly a speeding and somewhat sleepy driver are surely a recipe for disaster. fortunately the pole broke the speed. saving the driver. collision with other moving traffic could have resulted in more grave consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatproblem Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Driving on a road sometimes the vehicle just decides alone to go sideways ,a natural phenomenon in thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Near the end of the footage after the fire had gone out the blasted minibus looks like a trolley bus . There is even a hook at the top of the pole. Anyway one less minibus on the road , pi$$ed driver will have to go to his next party by scooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 ....so the lame excuse was enough to get off 'scott free'.... ...wonder how much they would have charged a foreigner in the same predicament.... ...1 million baht or so to have the pole replaced...etc...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 yeah, absolute new that a car can slide and there is anything like aqua planing. Good to know. I will remember...55555. Of course the driver is innocent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Nothing like using water to put out a gas and electric fire..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOD Robin Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 The big bus from now on. Even these are not trustable.... sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Bronze is not a colour favoured by fleet owners so was this a privately registered minibus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 They thing they own the road. Mini vans are the most dangerous trasport to travel with . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 They thing they own the road. Mini vans are the most dangerous trasport to travel with . +1 Dont do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4Life Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 It's kind of odd how a vehicle that "slid across the road sideways" seems to have hit a light pole head on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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