Car driver has a close shave - after taking her husband for a haircut!

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Car driver has a close shave - after taking her husband for a haircut!

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A woman who had brought her husband for a haircut watched in horror as their car was dragged 100 meters down the road by a 22 wheel truck.

 

The truck ended up demolishing a shop house and damaging two other motorbikes. a woman was taken to hospital but there were no deaths in the incident, reports Thairath.

 

Meanwhile the driver admitted to having "just one drink" and was sent to have his alcohol limit tested. He has already been charged with negligence.

 

The accident happened Tuesday on Pahonyothin Road in front of the temple of Wat Mae Ka Huay Khian in  Payao province in the north of Thailand.

 

Kanyalak Intherng, 55, told Mae Ka police that she had driven her Honda car to the area to take her husband for a haircut. 

 

The container lorry came round a corner at speed and hit her car dragging it almost 100 meters down the road. She said the driver looked drunk.

 

Jiraporn Munla was taken to hospital before police arrived.

 

Truck driver Phanom Sommuang, 47, a Mukdahan native, told police that he was driving from Bangkok to the Chinese border via Chiang Khong to pick up a consignment of fruit.

 

He said he had stopped for a spot of lunch. With his "laab” he had had just one bottle of alcohol and some red bull.

 

He said the front right tire burst and what with the rain it caused him to lose control of his vehicle and collide with the car and shop house.

 

He was detained and charged with negligence. He was sent to hospital to check his alcohol level. If over the limit there will be further charges to face, said police.

 

Source: Thairath

 

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[ratcatcher]

Time to rebuild the tin shacks.  

https://www.google.com/maps/@19.0461542,99.9352117,3a,75y,285.88h,78.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDkFv3yOAcQ4oRMrwi77f_g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

Not much evidence of 'corners' at that location. Pretty straight, he must have been struggling to open his Red Bull bottle. Right front tyre bursts, slightly drunk and of course the damned rain. Recipe for disaster.

[garywim]

Another normal day in Thailand's driving skills (or not). But Prayuth will have the answer, The damned Police again enforcing ALL the laws in Thailand, as Is usual !!!!

[Sooo Upto Me]

One bottle of alcohol yeah right. Prob one bottle Hong Thong Whiskey. ?

[AlQaholic]

Damn, the number is erased in the picture, now I don't know what lottery number I must choose for the next lottery.

[HoboKay]

No yaba to accompany the laab and lao post meal?

[kannot]

The  most worrying thing is that car will now be "fixed"

[ballpoint]

What is it with Red Bull and dragging vehicles down the street? 

[ratcatcher]

Another troubling thing is just how easily that container detached itself from the chassis, assuming the four  twist-locks were secured  in place.

[licka]

Sent to hospital to check his blood level 

Can a reverse lobotomy be done

He needs a brain

[Stewy58]

2 hours ago, AlQaholic said:

Damn, the number is erased in the picture, now I don't know what lottery number I must choose for the next lottery.

512 on the container

[wvavin]

Made no mistake! It's the rain that caused this accident and not the alcohol. Its a very minor accident so 500 baht fine will do. 

[Gainsbourg]

You can laugh but 1 large leo with a meal is considered nothing here. And i kinda agree as i often have 2 large leos with my meal but then i dont drive a truck but a push bike ?

[LUSHGOAT]

3 hours ago, ballpoint said:

What is it with Red Bull and dragging vehicles down the street? 

Dont you know Red Bull give you wings but in this case I guess the truck was to heavy

[Khon Kaen Dave]

Yeah,yeah,drunk truck drivers,car dragged down the road,wet weather,failed breaks etc etc.But i wanna know.Did the guy get his haircut?

[MiKT]

5 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Another troubling thing is just how easily that container detached itself from the chassis, assuming the four  twist-locks were secured  in place.

 

Why on earth would you assume that?

 

If you check next time you are out and about you will find that almost all containers are never secured here and many lorries / trailers actually have the twist locks removed.

 

My wife tells me this is because the drivers think they will be safer in the event of an accident, the container falling off instead of helping to overturn the lorry. I am not convinced this is logical, but have actually seen and often seen reported many cases of containers falling off and crushing cars/bikes/pedestrians.

 

There does not seem to be any law requiring containers to be secured, or if there is, it is universally ignored.

 

This is one reason I never linger overtaking a container lorry and try to keep away from them as much as possible when driving.

 

 

 

 

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

Yeah,yeah,drunk truck drivers,car dragged down the road,wet weather,failed breaks etc etc.But i wanna know.Did the guy get his haircut?

 

Well. he had a close shave.

[atyclb]

the husband could have remained in the car for a free haircut

[Xircal]

11 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Time to rebuild the tin shacks.  

https://www.google.com/maps/@19.0461542,99.9352117,3a,75y,285.88h,78.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDkFv3yOAcQ4oRMrwi77f_g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

Not much evidence of 'corners' at that location. Pretty straight, he must have been struggling to open his Red Bull bottle. Right front tyre bursts, slightly drunk and of course the damned rain. Recipe for disaster.

 

Yes indeed. I looked at in the map view and unless the driver took a wild turn at speed to go down that single track road in your link there are no corners around there. But it was the woman who said he came around the corner at speed.

 

Maybe they were both pissed.

 

[marquis22]

6 hours ago, atyclb said:

the husband could have remained in the car for a free haircut

Lucky he got out before the smash ... he wanted a short back and side not a flat top

[hobobo]

20 hours ago, Sooo Upto Me said:

One bottle of alcohol yeah right. Prob one bottle Hong Thong Whiskey. ?

And it was a gallon bottle....

[Sooo Upto Me]

On 05/10/2016 at 2:41 PM, AlQaholic said:

, , the number is erased in the picture, now I don't know what lottery number I must choose for the next lottery.

 

Don't pick the Trucks number or u might end up in the ditch too.  ??

[Sooo Upto Me]

10 hours ago, marquis22 said:

Lucky he got out before the smash ... he wanted a short back and side not a flat top

 

Or a close shave.   ??

Oops sorry already mentioned in headline.