23 die in fiery Chonburi wreck

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Policemen and rescue officials on the scene of a Monday afternoon crash in Chonburi where 23 died when a van collided with a truck.

 

CHONBURI — At least 23 people were killed Monday afternoon when a van and truck burst into flames after colliding in the Ban Bueng district of Chonburi province.

 

The van was traveling from Chanthaburi to Bangkok when it collided at about 2pm with the pickup on Highway No. 344. Both vehicles were engulfed in flames and 23 people died instantly, including passengers and the driver of the van.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2017/01/02/23-die-fiery-chonburi-wreck/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-01-02

 

 

Omg......how terrible.....RIP

Total carnage, now will people with authority start doing something ?

   Ban  these  high speed  hearses ,  used  them once  , never  again .

How sad is this...

 

will this ever stop, ???

 

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Bancha Pannum, a witness at the scene, said he saw the van drive through the intersection, cross several lanes and crash into the truck, which was also full of passengers

 

It goes on to say he may have fallen asleep. Horrendous. Poor buggers!

No word about LPG?

So 13 in the van and 10 in the pickup.

 

Nice effort Thailand you never fail to amaze

so sad really   but now i understand myself why i never use any van in thailand 

18 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

So 13 in the van and 10 in the pickup.

 

Nice effort Thailand you never fail to amaze

I was a driver for the temple few times, i saw them fit 16 persons in one van.

I took a van from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok once.....and once was enough.

 

If you value your life, don't get in a van, big bus, train, or fly.

23 die in fire? Should not be allowed to use LPG

Good God, this is horrible, horrendous and just so terrible, please Mr Prayuth can you do something about these minibuses, limit them to 80 kph, make it mandatory to have GPS installed and check the drivers for drugs, alcohol and how much sleep the driver has had prior to starting work and fine the asses off the companies running these things.

 

RIP to all those poor souls.

 

My Mrs is driving to Chanthaburi on Friday for a wedding, I worry constantly until she calls to tell me she has arrived safely.

 

Thailand does NOTHING  YES NOTHING to stop or prevent this carnage, because from the TOP they do not care

 

It happens every day

 

So sad God Bless the victims and their families

Edited January 2, 20179 yr by Rimmer

4 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

I took a van from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok once.....and once was enough.

 

If you value your life, don't get in a van, big bus, train, or fly.

 

 oh really  so how to travel , walking ?

1 minute ago, thai006 said:

 

 oh really  so how to travel , walking ?

Drive or ride yourself, at least you have control about your own vehicle.

The LPG is more safe than Gasoline.

If the Vans gastank explode, there will be nothing left of the Van,

as you see the Back of the Vas is not damage, it would be gone if the tank explode. It is more truly it is gasoline who burned 

So logically no problem with the LPG.

RIP all people who lose there life 

Edited January 2, 20179 yr by hellstens

Vans only have ten seats must have been thirteen in the pickup

So if the pickup was carried the normal amount of people max 5, and the van was carrying the max amount of people must be max 8 persons means that 12 people are killed as well due to the Thai government as they find it normal to put lots of people in the back of trucks more then 2 people on bikes etc waste of lives


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3 minutes ago, chrissables said:

Drive or ride yourself, at least you have control about your own vehicle.

One of the driver probably have control about there own vehicle to it happen.

https://twitter.com/Nalinee_PLE/status/815841276318793729

It's no surprise if you see how they drive. Brainless.

25 people in a van and truck. Both drivers were illegally overcrowded. 

19 minutes ago, stingray said:

23 die in fire? Should not be allowed to use LPG

You obviously don't know anything about LPG.

 

Very sad accident, but not due to LPG exploding. 

18 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Good God, this is horrible, horrendous and just so terrible, please Mr Prayuth can you do something about these minibuses, limit them to 80 kph, make it mandatory to have GPS installed and check the drivers for drugs, alcohol and how much sleep the driver has had prior to starting work and fine the asses off the companies running these things.

 

RIP to all those poor souls.

 

My Mrs is driving to Chanthaburi on Friday for a wedding, I worry constantly until she calls to tell me she has arrived safely.

You forgot to mention about checking to see that the drivers all have PROPER DRIVING LICENCES. However, we all know none of the above is going to happen, so it really doesn't matter.

Worst of all is that these vans aren't even needed. Most of them drive on routes where there are also ordinary buses. I get the impressions sometimes that they exist for two reasons:

 

- The owner makes a profit.

- Young men who are to lazy to work find that driving a van makes it look like he is doing something useful while at the same time making some money to spend on girls and booze, and as an extra bonus, he's allowed race a vehicle at any speed day after day, which was probably his favourite activity to start with, after the girl and booze thing.

I'd say at least half the people swanning around all that carnage are there just to gloat and take pics & video, as usual.

Blood thirsty lot!

25 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

I took a van from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok once.....and once was enough.

 

If you value your life, don't get in a van, big bus, train, or fly.

 

I did it twice, thinking the first time had to be a fluke.  It wasn't.  Never again.

18 minutes ago, chrissables said:

Drive or ride yourself, at least you have control about your own vehicle.

It still won't stop some lunatic from ramming into you! I appreciate what you mean though, at least you have a better chance than putting your life in the hands of incompetent idiots that shouldn't be allowed to take a push chair onto the streets.

57 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Total carnage, now will people with authority start doing something ?

Well, nothing ( to my knowledge ) has been done in the past regarding the many many MANY vehicle accidents causing multiple deaths and untold damage. So I doubt that anything will be done in the near future regarding happenings like this.