webfact Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 One student killed and 20 injured in car crash PHETCHABUN: -- One student died and 20 others were injured when a song thaew, a pickup truck modified into a school bus, crashed into a roadside tree in Lom Khao district of Phetchabun province on Wednesday. The modified school bus was carrying 20 students from kindergarten to primary school levels when it was travelling on the Kaeng Tone-Song Puey road in Lom Khao district on Wednesday afternoon. Lom Khao district chief officer Somluck Yoknoiwong said investigators suspected that the driver might have fallen asleep behind the wheel when he slammed the vehicle into a roadside tree because there were no traces of car tires on the road which would suggest that the driver had not applied brake to try to stop the vehicle before the crash. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/one-student-killed-20-injured-car-crash/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, webfact said: The modified school bus was carrying 20 students from kindergarten to primary school Horrendous for the kids. Not sure about the legality of the modification, but, hey, This is Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulday Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 All over Thailand these death traps are allowed to operate without erstwhile regulation. And so it goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I am impressed that the truck was equipped with what appears to be a closeable tail gate. Not many are, the students are often hanging off the back rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Twenty school kids jammed in the back of a pickup and the driver goes to sleep!........Little or no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticBhoy Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 ". . . there were no traces of car tires on the road . . ." Wonderful reporting. If there wasn't a picture the reader would be beyond confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagalong Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Of course, the driver was taking all care with children in the truck.... Falling asleep in the morning!!!!! What rubbish to say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Heartbreaking terrible news. My condolences to the family of the little boy that died and I wish a speedy recovery to the others. I didn't see any report of the driver being arrested. He has 20+ kids in the back and drives into a tree, at a fair old lick looking at the damage to the truck. Children being driven to and from school, or anywhere in fact, deserve to have safe transport and a compis mentis driver, aware he is carrying precious cargo. Taking the kids to a school isn't a time trial, though many of the Songtaew drivers seem to think otherwise. No excuses. The Driver needs to pay the price for what he has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Fall asleep behind wheel in daytime Thats great So what is the charge? Driving without due care and attention Oh that should be heavy fine 500 baht and you can drive again tomorrow sir Those vehicles are overloaded and the drivers are really bad Like giving somebody a hand grenade and saying pull the pin see what happens Poor kids think they are safe Wrong Maybe they should change the name of these buses to hearses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 probably been driving a taxi all night, this is his daytime job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 The hub of sleeping drivers , must be the sticky rice they eat all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) People born with the common sense gene will pull over and walk around for a short while to get rid of the drowsiness. Unfortunately, a lot of Thai drivers don't have it. My sympathy goes to those poor little kids. Edited February 23, 2017 by jesimps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 And as long as there are little or no consequences to their actions it will continue, sad dangerous situation that is evident daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, ratcatcher said: I am impressed that the truck was equipped with what appears to be a closeable tail gate. Not many are, the students are often hanging off the back rails. It slammed shut on impact. ( this is a TV Thai bashing thought) ) Edited February 23, 2017 by sandgroper2 add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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