Jai Dee Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Ten killed, two injured in double vehicle crashes in Buri Ram Buri Ram - Two passenger vehicles crashed into a 18-wheel trailer which lost control and blocked the road late Wednesday night, killing ten and injuring two others. The accident happened at midnight on the Chokechai-Dej Udom Road in Ban Nongman village in Tambon Nongki of Buri Ram's Nongki district. Police said the lorry was carrying rice from Nakhon Sawan to Nakhon Ratchasima. The truck apparently lost control because the road was slippery due to heavy rains, causing it to turn and block the road. Police said a van with five passengers and a pick-up truck with seven passengers, which were rushing after the lorry, crashed into the lorry. The pick-up truck crashed into the trailer part while the van crashed into the front part of the lorry. Police said nine died at the scene and the pick-up truck driver, Siriwut Passada, 49, died at the hospital. His wife, Oranuj Passada, 34, and their three-year-old son, Santiham, died at the scene. The lorry driver fled the scene. Source: The Nation - 7 December 2006 Taoism: shit happens Buddhism: if shit happens, it isn't really shit Islam: if shit happens, it is the will of Allah Catholicism: if shit happens, you deserve it Judaism: why does this shit always happen to us? Atheism: I don't believe this shit
Tony Clifton Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Maybe they should think about chaining bus and truck drivers to the steering wheel or maybe make it mandatory to paint their picture on the mudflaps instead of Al Pacino or Rambo.
sriracha john Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Sadly, it seems like another situation of following too closely, which doesn't allow for any sort of necessary reaction time.... coupled with being a night-time situation and under wet, rainy conditions... and depressingly, disaster awaits to all involved.... R.I.P.
toptuan Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 My expat friend told me that the primary qualification for being a truck or bus driver is to be an ex-con and connoisseur of ya-ba. True?
Robski Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Mrs Robski told me whenever she gets the bus back home to see the folks, she likes to sit near the front so she can wake the driver up if he falls asleep! she wasn't making a joke.
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