Worker dies on first day as truck falls from elevated road

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Worker dies on first day as truck falls from elevated road
By The Nation

 

 

CHACHOENGSAO: -- One person was killed and another injured when a 22-wheel container-transporting trailer truck spun out of control while taking an uphill curve on an elevated ring road section and fell to the ground five storeys below in Chachoengsao’s Bang Pakong district on Sunday morning.

 

The accident took place about 10am as the truck was heading towards the 7th Motorway's 39th kilometre marker in Tambon Bang Samak.

 

Truck driver Thongchai Somwang, 26, sustained a forehead wound and bruises while his newly recruited truck conductor, Phutthasit Srisuk, 26, died from a broken neck after he flew out of the vehicle on impact as the falling truck crashed into a concrete barrier.

 

Their colleague Saranyu Sramul, 25, said Thongchai had been with the company for a few months while Phutthasit had just started work for the first time on Sunday.

 

They were transporting fertiliser from Laem Chabang Port to a warehouse in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district. The uphill curve had been the scene of many accidents because the weight of heavily-loaded trucks would shift suddenly, Saranyu said. He said a truck must be driven at sufficient speed to go uphill but not too fast as to lose control.

 

Motorway rescue worker Kampol Poungkaew, 32, said that, in the three years he had worked in this area, there had been four crashes involving container-transporting trailer trucks at this spot during his shifts.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30320298

 

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[Oziex1]

"He said a truck must be driven at sufficient speed to go uphill but not too fast as to lose control."

 

Can it not crawl up the hill in low gear?

[leeneeds]

I am but a Parrot,

Training,

"a shifting load is an unsecured load"

[Jdietz]

> Can it not crawl up the hill in low gear?

 

And lose face? Nevah

Edited July 9, 2017 by Jdietz

[trogers]

48 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

"He said a truck must be driven at sufficient speed to go uphill but not too fast as to lose control."

 

Can it not crawl up the hill in low gear?

Not when the truck is overloaded or not well maintained or both.

[ben2talk]

Quote

truck conductor, Phutthasit Srisuk, 26, flew out of the vehicle

His nickname was 'Bird'. Those seatbelts really don't seem to help much.

 

[natway09]

Just about sums it up.!!!!!!!

[just.a.thought]

The incredible number of dumb excuses that originates from drivers especially truck and bus drivers is mind blowing......have they no training at all?

[decca60]

It sounds like they all are F1 drivers but ignore where the race track is !!!!

[Bluespunk]

50 minutes ago, just.a.thought said:

The incredible number of dumb excuses that originates from drivers especially truck and bus drivers is mind blowing......have they no training at all?

That question's rhetorical, right?

Edited July 10, 2017 by Bluespunk

[MrPatrickThai]

 

57 minutes ago, just.a.thought said:

The incredible number of dumb excuses that originates from drivers especially truck and bus drivers is mind blowing......have they no training at all?

Yes, they get training. They need a special license. 

[Dave67]

I'm surprised those plastic barriers and the cone didnt stop the lorry from falling off the road

[chickenslegs]

3 minutes ago, Dave67 said:

I'm surprised those plastic barriers and the cone didnt stop the lorry from falling off the road

Somebody forgot to break off some tree branches and place them in the path of oncoming traffic.

[Thongkorn]

trucks dont go out of control going up hill, they stop