Man falls asleep at wheel, slams pick-up into back of truck

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Man falls asleep at wheel, slams pick-up into back of truck

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET: The driver of a pick-up is suspected to have fallen asleep while driving when he slammed into the back of a six-wheel truck on Thepkrassatri Rd early this morning (Oct 29). No injuries have been reported from the accident police said.

 

Capt Kraisorn Boonprasop of the Thalang Police was notified of an accident on the south-bound lanes of Thepkrasattri road, about 100 metres before Khaolan junction, at 3:15am. A pick-up had smashed into the back of the six-wheel truck carrying house bricks police were told.

 

Police arrived at the scene with Kusoldharm rescue workers to find a Ford Ranger pick-up with severe damage to its front from hitting the back of the six-wheel Isuzu truck.

 

The driver of the Ford Ranger, Mr Korkhoa Saelaw, 26, suffered only minor injuries and was standing on the side of the road with the truck driver, Mr Wichai Kullem, 51.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/man-falls-asleep-at-wheel-slams-pick-up-into-back-of-truck-59637.php#wLTgXS69B1TarDaw.97

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2016-10-29

 

[NongKhaiKid]

The pickup was supposedly swerving from side to side before it hit the other vehicle and the BIB suspected the driver had fallen asleep.

Did they bother to breathalize him ?

[gdgbb]

30 minutes ago, NongKhaiKid said:

The pickup was supposedly swerving from side to side before it hit the other vehicle and the BIB suspected the driver had fallen asleep.

Did they bother to breathalize him ?

 

Maybe they didn't.  Maybe that's why the police speculated that the driver had fallen asleep, because there was no evidence of the driver being drunk?

 

Maybe they did.  Maybe that's why they speculated that the driver had fallen asleep, because there was no evidence of the driver being drunk?

[NongKhaiKid]

14 minutes ago, gdgbb said:

 

Maybe they didn't.  Maybe that's why the police speculated that the driver had fallen asleep, because there was no evidence of the driver being drunk?

 

Maybe they did.  Maybe that's why they speculated that the driver had fallen asleep, because there was no evidence of the driver being drunk?

There was no evidence the driver was drunk, oh so maybe  you were there then ?

[whatproblem]

The driver of the lorry that run in the back of me last week smelled of whisky but the police refused to breathalize him,

[lostinisaan]

Brake malfunction, it's a FORD.....

[ChrisY1]

Well, that's one way to wake up!

[toofarnorth]

Jeez , that pickup looks like it hit a brick wall . 

[thenewgoo]

Only minor injuries! One hell of an amulet.

[hansnl]

2 hours ago, lostinisaan said:

Brake malfunction, it's a FORD.....

Seem to remember another manufacturer, from Japan, had a worldwide problem with brakes in it vehicles.

[Psimbo]

I'm amazed at the number of people on Phuket who manage to 'fall asleep at the wheel'. Yes I know in this case he was headed southbound and could have traveled a long way but its quite a common occurrence.

[metisdead]

Nonsense posts have been removed. 

[Xircal]

Looking at the damage to the front of the pickup it looks almost as if there was enough force to send the engine into the passenger compartment. I guess the airbag or maybe his seatbelt saved the driver from being catapulted through the windscreen.

[Anythingleft?]

Glad to hear the driver is okay most of these stories don't bode so well for the people involved

[cardinalblue]

Sounds like inadequate breaking distance regardless....

 

another parking lights driver?

 

why is this even news?

[JAS21]

5 hours ago, lostinisaan said:

Brake malfunction, it's a FORD.....

But did you see how the Crumple Zone worked and the air bag ...5-Star if you didn't know

[oldlakey]

9 hours ago, gdgbb said:

 

Maybe they didn't.  Maybe that's why the police speculated that the driver had fallen asleep, because there was no evidence of the driver being drunk?

 

Maybe they did.  Maybe that's why they speculated that the driver had fallen asleep, because there was no evidence of the driver being drunk?

Maybe it would have been a good idea if the police had asked the pickup driver what actually happened

A bit of a novelty for them I know

Then no speculation needed

[lostinisaan]

9 hours ago, JAS21 said:

But did you see how the Crumple Zone worked and the air bag ...5-Star if you didn't know

 

Yep, guess that's made by a German company, I mean the airbag. 

[JAS21]

23 minutes ago, lostinisaan said:

 

Yep, guess that's made by a German company, I mean the airbag. 

I was referring to this ANCAP Safety Rating:  ... air bags ... Takata rings a bell 

[Loles]

He just tried his car's SRS airbag system ...