Phuket tour bus crash on Patong Hill leaves boy, 12, dead

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Phuket tour bus crash on Patong Hill leaves boy, 12, dead

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it failed to stop and crashed at the bottom of the hill, just past Wat Patong. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub      

 

PHUKET: -- A Phuket tour bus crashed at the bottom of Patong Hill tonight (July 10), leaving at least one person dead.

 

The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it failed to stop and crashed at the bottom of the hill, just past Wat Patong, just before 11pm.

 

The bus was carrying 31 Chinese tourists back to their hotel in Patong at the time of the accident. Initial reports indicate that 25 people were injured in the crash.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-tour-bus-crash-on-patong-hill-leaves-boy-12-dead-62961.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-07-11

[Thechook]

Again, how many tour buses have crashed and lives lost in this location over the last few years.  How many deaths are required before authorities actually do something.  This sort of thing should take priority and if Prayuth can mobilise the army to stop a 1 girl dancing whilst singing surely he can do something to save lives.

[LivinginKata]

Again and so soon after the last bus crash .....

[colinneil]

When is this carnage going to be stopped?

Every week you read about another bus crash at this place.

Brake failure, speeding, poor maintenance the list is endless.

What are the government doing to end this?

Answer, to busy penning poems, to find the time to come up with measures to help prevent  it happening again.

R.I.P. young man, so sad, to young to die.

[Deli]

Police turns a blind eye and business with moron drivers continuous. Next bus please.

[Pomthai]

I wish they'd stop with the BS excuses. Its not brake failure - its driver training failure.

 

You do not ride the brakes all the way down the hill otherwise you'll get brake fade due to the heat build up. You need to select a low gear and allow the engine to do the majority of the braking. If you don't do this you'll probably crash near the bottom of the hill due to brake fade, this is driver failure, not brake failure.

[Dave67]

Deadly Destination

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Boy killed, 24 injured in Chinese tourist bus accident on Phuket

By The Nation

 

PHUKET: -- A bus transporting Chinese tourists to a hotel overturned on a notorious downhill Patong road late Monday night, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 24 others.

 

There were 25 passengers on the bus.

 

Police said the accident happened at about 11pm on Phisit Road near Wat Suwankhiriwong, which is the Patong Beach-bound downhill road from Patong mountain.

 

The bus flipped after it swept through motorcycles parked on the side of the road in front of houses.

 

Police said Ly Jle Ru died inside the bus. 

 

Of the 24 injured, two were in a serious condition. One of them was sent to Bangkok Phuket Hospital and the other to Vajira Phuket Hospital.

 

The bus driver, Krittaporn Nualtua, 36, a Phuket resident, said he was transporting the tourists to a Patong hotel when the bus’s brake system malfunctioned when the bus was going down the downhill road.

 

He said the bus went down the road very fast and he lost control and the bus crashed into motorcycles and flipped on its side.

 

The bus driver was not injured and he tested negative to drug use and alcohol.

 

The curved and downhill road, which is very steep, has seen many fatal accidents. On June 29, a bus transporting Chinese tourists hit and killed a motorcyclist after the bus’s brakes failed to work.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30320416

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-07-11

[300sd]

A course on "Air Brakes" and a valid commercial driving license, that actually requires training, would help these idiots.

 

On second thought, I'm afraid it wouldn't help.

[perthperson]

There have been many buses crash at this location. Interestingly most of them being old buses transporting Chinese tourists. 

 

Many of these buses should not be on the road never mind on the hill.

 

When will the Thai authorities take some action ?  Perhaps it is time for the Chinese Ambassador to raise this matter with the Prime Minister ?

Edited July 11, 2017 by perthperson

[Just1Voice]

Two reasons for this, and why it will continue.

 

1 - Bus drivers have absolutely NO idea of how to drive on mountain roads.  To them, you drive a mountain road the same as you do a flat road, but with more brakes.  The idea of using a lower gear to slow the bus down is completely alien to them.

 

2 - The busses themselves are poorly maintained, with near bald tires and brake pads that are nearly worn out to begin with. 

 

Until there is proper driver training, and proper maintenance on the busses themselves, we will continue to see his repeated almost weekly. 

[perthperson]

4 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

The busses themselves are poorly maintained, with near bald tires and brake pads that are nearly worn out to begin with. 

 

Do you know this to be a fact or are you just making it up? 

 

I saw the bus last night -- lodged on its side into a house. Its tyres were not "near bald" and the brake pads invisible inside the drums. 

Edited July 11, 2017 by perthperson

[terminatorchiangmai]

Never ending story , so sad.

R.I.P. little boy.

[Just1Voice]

7 minutes ago, perthperson said:

 

Do you know this to be a fact or are you just making it up? 

 

I saw the bus last night -- lodged on its side into a house. Its tyres were not "near bald" and the brake pads invisible inside the drums. 

You're trying to defend the indefensible. So this one bus had decent tires?  I've seen dozens of photos of busses that have crashed on this hill, and the majority of them; not all, but the majority, had tires that should have been replaced long ago.  

[perthperson]

Just now, Just1Voice said:

You're trying to defend the indefensible. So this one bus had decent tires?  I've seen dozens of photos of busses that have crashed on this hill, and the majority of them; not all, but the majority, had tires that should have been replaced long ago.  

I defended nothing ! 

 

Have you also seen "photos" of these allegedly worn brake pads or were you the one who examined the buses braking systems? 

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Phuket Governor calls emergency meeting over fatal Patong tour bus crash

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The bus flew into the sidestreet on its side and wiped out power poles and the fronts of houses. Image: Screengrab

 

PHUKET: -- The Governor of Phuket Phuket has called an emergency meeting this morning (July 11) in the wake of the devastating tour bus crash on Patong Hill last night that has killed person, a 10-year-old boy.

 

Staff at Patong Hospital early this morning confirmed that the boy, Liu Jierui, was dead on arrival at the hospital.

 

He had suffered fatal head and chest injuries when the bus flipped onto its side and wiped out power pylons and the fronts of several houses in the small street at the bottom of the hill, just past Patong Temple (Wat Suwan Khiriwong).

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-governor-calls-emergency-meeting-over-fatal-patong-tour-bus-crash-62965.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-07-11

[Colabamumbai]

We will all be dead long before any serious changes are made in Thailand.

[Knocker33]

5 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Again and so soon after the last bus crash .....

I know.You can wait for ages then three turn up at once.

[harada]

It's been happening on Patong Hill for 30years that I know of, it takes them a while to catch on.

[LivinginKata]

2 hours ago, perthperson said:

There have been many buses crash at this location. Interestingly most of them being old buses transporting Chinese tourists. 

 

Many of these buses should not be on the road never mind on the hill.

 

When will the Thai authorities take some action ?  Perhaps it is time for the Chinese Ambassador to raise this matter with the Prime Minister ?

 

Old buses, run on the cheap, ill trained so called drivers - what do the operators expect.

[NamKangMan]

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

Two reasons for this, and why it will continue.

 

1 - Bus drivers have absolutely NO idea of how to drive on mountain roads.  To them, you drive a mountain road the same as you do a flat road, but with more brakes.  The idea of using a lower gear to slow the bus down is completely alien to them.

 

2 - The busses themselves are poorly maintained, with near bald tires and brake pads that are nearly worn out to begin with. 

 

Until there is proper driver training, and proper maintenance on the busses themselves, we will continue to see his repeated almost weekly. 

 

"Bus drivers have absolutely NO idea of how to drive on mountain roads." - but cousin Somchai has to make a living.  Right?  And he only wants 300 baht a day salary, so that's good for our margins.  Right? 

[just.a.thought]

2 hours ago, perthperson said:

 

Do you know this to be a fact or are you just making it up? 

 

I saw the bus last night -- lodged on its side into a house. Its tyres were not "near bald" and the brake pads invisible inside the drums. 

Are you saying the driver is lying when he stated "break failure" as cause for not being able to slow down. So what was the cause of the accident, in your "expert" opinion?

[clockman]

As long as the Thai mantra, is greed. There will be no change?

[perthperson]

46 minutes ago, just.a.thought said:

Are you saying the driver is lying when he stated "break failure" as cause for not being able to slow down. So what was the cause of the accident, in your "expert" opinion?

Unlike many here I do not claim to be an expert but I do know it is "Brake" the "break" is caused by the crash 

[KarenBravo]

Really...........what's left to say that hasn't been said already a hundred times?

[decca60]

In politics, when you don't want to do anything to solve a problem they organize "emergency meetings" and/or create an "observatory board". Same old trick in every countries......Thailand is not different from supposed developped countries

[300sd]

If your vehicle has air brakes, here are some steps you'll want to take before heading out on the road:

• Make sure the minimum operating pressure for a vehicle air-brake systems is no less than 85 psi (pounds per square inch) for a bus and 100 psi for a truck.
• Check that it takes no longer than two minutes for air pressure to rise from 85 psi to 100 psi at 600 to 900 rpm. (This is called the air pressure buildup rate.)
• Confirm that the correct cut-out governor pressure for the air compressor is between 120 psi and 135 psi. Cut-in pressure is 20 psi to 25 psi below cut-out pressure.

I have a feeling that most of these so called commercial drivers do not do this or know anything about it for that matter! (among other things like gearing down!)

[stevenl]

27 minutes ago, decca60 said:

In politics, when you don't want to do anything to solve a problem they organize "emergency meetings" and/or create an "observatory board". Same old trick in every countries......Thailand is not different from supposed developped countries

Disagree. When they don't want to do something they do that, nothing. This meeting indicates to me the governor wants to do something. Whether he can?

[Lokie]

Call an emergency meeting?

 

Didn't they do this exact same thing the last time an exact same bus came down the exact same hill and crashed at the exact same spot! (you may insert, Cement Truck, or any other large vehicle in this space)

 

Can anyone see a pattern here...? 

 

Good to see the authorities taking instant positive action (can't say LMFAO as it is not funny at all - disgraceful

 

RIP to the poor innocent and hope the injured recover their health asap, Also the poor people who live at this death spot bottom of patong hill

[kartman]

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