webfact Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Phuket bus driver dies while repairing faulty brakes Eakkapop Thongtub Officials and rescue workers attend the scene of the accident. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: A bus driver died yesterday afternoon when his head was crushed under his vehicle as he carried out repairs on faulty brakes. At 4:30pm yesterday (May 30), Lt Anuwat Khunkitti of the Phuket City Police and Kusoldarm rescue workers arrived at the scene, at a bus parking area located behind the Shell gasoline station on Thepkasattri Rd in Sapam, Koh Kaew sub-district, to find the body of Natthakit Bamrungrai, 25, form Kamphaengphet province with his head trapped between the rear-left wheel arch and tyre of the bus. Rescue workers removed the body which was then transferred Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-bus-driver-dies-while-repairing-faulty-brakes-67306.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-05-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Sounds like a good old bit of Thai health and safety as usual.darwins theory being proven right once again.in this case there seems to be a very thin line between accident and suicide.i think sticking you head between the wheel and the body was about as smart as sticking your head in a crocs mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Gruesome but little surprise. Dodgy lifting jack, bricks or wood to support. Not the first such case. And as side-note you learn that bus drivers (with no proper education as driver or mechanic) diagnose and fix break problems. Sheds more light on the daily "break failures". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Another stupid accident that could have been avoided, I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 If they dont care about their own life just remember when you are out driving they certainly wont care about yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximillian Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 4 hours ago, kannot said: If they dont care about their own life just remember when you are out driving they certainly wont care about yours. See that every day. Care less, care not at all. Yesterday at a traffic light crossing: pick-up turning right but cutting the 90 degree corner, colliding with a motorbike waiting for the green light. Are they blind ? Stupid, too many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 6 hours ago, Get Real said: Another stupid accident that could have been avoided, I am sure. An accident? Sorry but this was more like unintentional suicide.the same thinking as in the uk where a RTA,road traffic accident has now been changed to motor vehicle collision.people who put themselves in the position of injury or death do not count as an accident when it goes wrong.an example...I stuck my arm in the sharks mouth and it bit my arm off...or I stuck my head under a bus and it got flattened,these are not accidents.these two examples were foreseeable where an accident is unforeseeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 And was he in any way licensed or certified or qualified to repair brakes on such a vehicle? It is a rhetorical question I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a977 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 3 hours ago, gk10002000 said: And was he in any way licensed or certified or qualified to repair brakes on such a vehicle? It is a rhetorical question I know No not really as I think your thread very relevant to the story, you just have to ask the families of all those killed by so called "BRAKE FAILURES" which were "repaired" by so called mechanics. These types of repairs should only be carried out by licenced repair shops not backyard monkeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somchai Logic Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Aha, so this is why every vehicle on the road has faulty brakes - Brake change not safe like your Country Mister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 How was he supposed to fix the brakes,by going between the wheel arch and the wheels, (2 tyres) he would not be able to see anything that way,he should have been underneath the bus. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Man dies- Thaigeezers mock. Sa-weet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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