webfact Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Man taking nap in car drowns after being hit by pickup By The Nation A man apparently taking a nap in his car on a roadside in Ratchaburi drowned after his car was hit by a speeding pickup, sending it into a canal on Thursday morning. The victim was identified as Thaninthorn Huapprasert, 25, a resident of Kanchanaburi. His body, which did not show any traces of an injury, was found lying on the back seat of his car. Pol Captain Songpol Tancharoen, deputy inspector of Bang Pong Police Station, said the accident happened at 6.20am on a road along an irrigation canal in Ban Don Sela village in Tambon Thapha of Bang Pong district. The pickup driver, Thanakorn Sitthawat, 28, a Bang Pong resident, said he was driving to Kanchanaburi and did not see the pickup ahead of him prior to the crash. Police sent the body to a hospital for an autopsy and will conduct a further investigation before deciding whether to file charges. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30338901 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 "...he was driving to Kanchanaburi and did not see the pickup ahead of him prior to the crash." is this the same pickup that was parked on the side of the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon467367354 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 was the truck parked on the side by the road or parked on the side of the road? Parking in the road blocking or impeding traffic seems to be the norm here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar God Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 So does hitting people and other vehicles with your car and then just driving off without stopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Dennis Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Assuming he was parked in a sensible place, it sounds like the man was doing the right thing. Pulling over and having a kip rather than carrying on and falling asleep at the wheel. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAIBKK Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Another brain failure ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, les Dennis said: Assuming he was parked in a sensible place, it sounds like the man was doing the right thing. Pulling over and having a kip rather than carrying on and falling asleep at the wheel. RIP Unfortunately, it seems that the deceased was not parked in a sensible place... It would appear that he'd simply pulled up on the side of the road where any passing vehicle risked impact if they were not paying full attention... Sadly, it appears that someone not paying attention hit the pick up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 24 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: Sadly, it appears that someone not paying attention hit the pick up... Did the car/pickup, parked by the side of the road, with a sleeping person (Thanintorn) on the back seat, hit the other pickup? No, it was the pickup driver who hit the car/pickup parked by the side of the road, not ON the road, that is to blame here. The person (Thanakorn) apparently not paying attention was the driver of the pickup. He said he did not see the pickup prior to the crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, ratcatcher said: Did the car/pickup, parked by the side of the road, with a sleeping person (Thanintorn) on the back seat, hit the other pickup? No, it was the pickup driver who hit the car/pickup parked by the side of the road, not ON the road, that is to blame here. The person (Thanakorn) apparently not paying attention was the driver of the pickup. He said he did not see the pickup prior to the crash. - Deceased, Car: Thaninthorn Hupprasert, 25 – Sleeping in the seat of his Car which was parked. - Pickup Driver: Thanakorn Sitawat, 28 – Did not see the pickup ahead of him prior to the crash [I think we have the usual quality of reporting and it is supposed to read car] Where was the Car parked? Unless the Pickup Driver left the road an impacted the car in a layby, could that mean that the Car was parked on the road and passing cars needed to manoeuvre around it? (or at least parked at the side of the road in quite a vulnerable position). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavemanwww Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Another day of brainless drivers adding to No 1 in the world for road deaths. Next news item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Without a full and proper 2 minute accident analysis by the BIB it will be the normal guess work, of course it could always be ruled suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: said he was driving to Kanchanaburi and did not see the pickup ahead of him prior to the crash. guess seeing things is optional in driving here in thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungstib Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, YetAnother said: guess seeing things is optional in driving here in thailand Yeh, Thais are not good at multi-tasking when driving. looking where they are going, phoning friends, finding the brake and turning the steering wheel. Its all a lot to be thinking about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Lungstib said: Yeh, Thais are not good at multi-tasking when driving. looking where they are going, phoning friends, finding the brake and turning the steering wheel. Its all a lot to be thinking about! Yep, check the moving pick-up driver's phone activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 minute ago, wgdanson said: Yep, check the moving pick-up driver's phone activity. The BIB would NOT think of doing this they have no brain to have an idea to do such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupaponics Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 They found the body in the back seat and assumed that he was taking a nap. Hmm. What if he just pulled over and got hit? The car is going down in the water with front first. If you don't open the side window to make an escape route, than you'll in panic follow the air that last finish in the back. The door is as you all know, impossible to open until the cabin is filled with water Horrible way to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Artisi said: Without a full and proper 2 minute accident analysis by the BIB it will be the normal guess work, of course it could always be ruled suicide. Suicide? NO. That is reserved for farang death by any cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 The deceased may have been drunk and was sleeping it off. His capacity to escape from his car would be somewhat impaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I had the police called for a driver that had passed out in his vehicle while passing a group of illegally parked cars on Sukhumvit Soi 16 one night. He was stopped approximately in the middle of the Soi and it took over an hour for the police to arrive and wake him up with much pounding on the vehicle - the windows were up and the doors were locked. Makes me wonder how many pass out at the long stoplights in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 The report said the pickup was speeding. Probably. But how do we know that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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