snoop1130 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Five Indian tourists injured in motorway accident By The Nation Five Indian tourists were injured when a chartered van taking them to Pattaya crashed into the rear of a trailer truck on Monday morning, police said. The accident took place at the 113+600-kilometre marker in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district. The driver, Sorapong Inthong, 28, and the tourists were rushed to Bangkok Hospital Pattaya. Meanwhile, truck driver Wutthikorn Sontham, 49, told police that he was transporting cement from Saraburi province to Chon Buri’s Sattahip district and that he was on the left lane when the van suddenly hit his trailer. Wutthikorn was taken to the Khao Khiew Police Station for questioning and police are waiting for the van driver’s condition to improve before he is questioned. The van had picked the tourists up at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday morning, and police believe the driver may have dozed off. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30368137 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-04-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 A troll post and reply have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Hardly surprising, I sat watching a couple of minivan drivers knocking back the Brandy and Sodas for a good while on the outskirts of town recently. After they had finished they both got into each of their minivans and drove off towards the motorway and presumably Bangkok. (The vans were empty). Not much concern about drink driving among those who drive the tourists for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Oh again a minivan accident, what else is new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Dozed off. Accident. Rinse and repeat. Would be nice if the Almighty PM took this issue seriously as done of the other bzs he spouts about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Headline Five Indian tourists injured in motorway accident Should read: 5 injured when van collided with rear of truck. Van driver suspected to have 'dozed off.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbottle555 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Judging by the pictures of the wreck and how injured the passengers are, I am guessing nobody was wearing seatbelts. This is so sad. Seatbelt culture still isn't quite there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Police suspect van driver "dozed off" This is now another excuse....why dont they get concrete evidence, before ASSUMING????? Ifthe van driver picked up passengers in the MORNING then surely he would not be "sleepy" due to having a goodnights sleep !!!??? Or was he still pist??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, greenbottle555 said: Judging by the pictures of the wreck and how injured the passengers are, I am guessing nobody was wearing seatbelts. This is so sad. Seatbelt culture still isn't quite there yet. Probably cut of anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 14 hours ago, snoop1130 said: waiting for the van driver’s condition to improve before he is questioned. =sober up/come down to earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said: Probably cut of anyway. the wearing of seatbelts or NOT does not stop BAD DRIVING....which is the case here Wearing seatbelts could help stop serious injury.....NOT BAD DRIVING.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just now, essox essox said: the wearing of seatbelts or NOT does not stop BAD DRIVING....which is the case here Wearing seatbelts could help stop serious injury.....NOT BAD DRIVING.. No bad driving here, just a simple case of brake failure. Happens all the time. Nothing to get excited about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, LomSak27 said: No bad driving here, just a simple case of brake failure. Happens all the time. Nothing to get excited about. yeah i forgot brake failure....but in report there is NO mention of dodgy brakes.....so they must be fully operational...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJ Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Illegal in the US to not use seatbelts, illegal (at least in most states) to hold a cell phone while driving. Those road checks would earn a lot more if that was the law here, but most of all it would get the population buckling up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 28 minutes ago, JimmyJ said: Illegal in the US to not use seatbelts, illegal (at least in most states) to hold a cell phone while driving. The same in Europe, but whether something is illegal or not has absolutely no relevance in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Undertaking...often the usual reason for rear ending a truck...and looks like he wasn't going too slow by the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 5 hours ago, JimmyJ said: Illegal in the US to not use seatbelts, illegal (at least in most states) to hold a cell phone while driving. Those road checks would earn a lot more if that was the law here, but most of all it would get the population buckling up. It is illegal here too but nobody use seatbelt this is probably a case of high speed and not paying attention to the traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 20 hours ago, snoop1130 said: police believe the driver may have dozed off. C'mon which one is it causing all these accidents, Drink driving, Speeding or my favourite just plain stupidity mixed with selfishness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 they should have been home VOTING... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I feel sorry for the passengers all revved up to hit the town and they hit a trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD13 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 That same afternoon I was in lane 3 waiting at the Naklua lights on Sukhumvit ......as usual a mini van arrived alongside me in the turn right lane 4 (for the purpose of cutting in, usual practice) The sliding door opened and out jumped an Indian man, who then crossed the road and headed back towards Pattaya After the traffic got under way I noticed another mini van in lane 1 I then watched the two of them racing one another, zig zagging across all lanes, presumably heading towards the Bangkok direction..... I guess the Indian guy had had enough and valued his life.... Later that evening my partner told me of the early morning smash, which caused one poor guys aorta to rupture, she had first hand knowledge of this as she attended his operation Strange .....5 years ago these vans were to be banned......!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I wonder what social media coverage this will get back in India and whether TAT are concerned - like they were with the Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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