Truck driver charged as woman crushed under wheels in Wichit

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I watched the video this morning on TV news. The motorcyclist failed to wait behind the truck (another motorcyclist did) but undertook the truck obviously in the truck driver's blind spot. The bike then turns directly in front of the truck at a slight angle, again the truck driver would not have seen it from his elevated position. They started to move off and the truck ran over the bike but the truck driver braked as soon as contact was felt or heard.

 

To apportion any blame to the truck driver for this incident is nonsense unless it was premeditated road rage from an earlier altercation.

[Felt 35 484]

Do the truck, the car on left stand still or slowly rolling..?

[4evermaat 985]

@webfact @Jonathan Fairfield do you have a video link of this incident?

[webfact 42,284]

Truck runs over motorcyclist in Phuket Town – VIDEO

By The Thaiger

 

 

WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. The content of the video could be distressing to some.

 

Yesterday afternoon (Thursday) a 10 wheel truck ran over a motorcyclist at the intersection in front of the Thepnimit Temple – Soi Thep Anusorn on Chao Fah East Road.

 

At the scene, police found a white 10 wheel truck parked next to the traffic light and found a grey motorcycle trapped underneath with the body of a woman. The woman was critically injured and was rushed to hospital, where she later passed away due to her injuries.

 

After checking CCTV cameras near the intersection, police found that before the accident, the truck was waiting at the red light on the lane to turn right to Soi Thep Anusorn. The motorcyclist was riding her motorcycle near the truck then overtook to park in front of the truck to wait for the green light. Suddenly when the light turned green, the truck driver drove forward without noticing the motorcyclist and drove straight over her.

 

Police said that the incident was caused by reckless driving by both the drivers. The truck driver has been charged with reckless driving causing death.

 

VIDEO: Channel 3

Readers are warned that the video below may be distressing to some viewers.

 

 

 

Source: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/road-deaths/truck-runs-over-motorcyclist-in-phuket-town-video

 

 

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39 minutes ago, harriott456 said:

but its not your sister is it..so you've watched it and decided that we souldn't see it?

 

What's up, got no Thai friends?

The only thing I decided was that I would delete it, you were not even in the equation.

[ratcatcher 26,971]

1 hour ago, Seismic said:

The difference being most UK cyclists actually understand that trucks have blind spots.

 

A lot of Thais seem to have blind spots. Usually located on either side of their nose.

[tifino 3,810]

9,999,999 green bottles... 

 

 

but, in a nutshell, she just boogered up the trucky's life

[ThaiBunny 2,117]

1 minute ago, ratcatcher said:

A lot of Thais seem to have blind spots. Usually located on either side of their nose.

That sounds rather like my favourite description of the inhabitants of one small nation that will remain nameless - "evenly balanced by the chip on each shoulder"

Edited August 9 by ThaiBunny

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2 hours ago, kotsak said:

Do they even know what blind spot means?

They don´t know. They think the truck has a large window so the driver must see them. 

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26 minutes ago, webfact said:

Truck runs over motorcyclist in Phuket Town – VIDEO

By The Thaiger

 

 

WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. The content of the video could be distressing to some.

 

Yesterday afternoon (Thursday) a 10 wheel truck ran over a motorcyclist at the intersection in front of the Thepnimit Temple – Soi Thep Anusorn on Chao Fah East Road.

 

At the scene, police found a white 10 wheel truck parked next to the traffic light and found a grey motorcycle trapped underneath with the body of a woman. The woman was critically injured and was rushed to hospital, where she later passed away due to her injuries.

 

After checking CCTV cameras near the intersection, police found that before the accident, the truck was waiting at the red light on the lane to turn right to Soi Thep Anusorn. The motorcyclist was riding her motorcycle near the truck then overtook to park in front of the truck to wait for the green light. Suddenly when the light turned green, the truck driver drove forward without noticing the motorcyclist and drove straight over her.

 

Police said that the incident was caused by reckless driving by both the drivers. The truck driver has been charged with reckless driving causing death.

 

VIDEO: Channel 3

Readers are warned that the video below may be distressing to some viewers.

 

 

 

Source: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/road-deaths/truck-runs-over-motorcyclist-in-phuket-town-video

 

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-08-09

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She overtook the truck when the truck started moving and she was slower than the truck. I can´t see a fault of the truck driver.

[hyku1147 3,603]

I hope that she died quickly.

 

RIP.

[Wiggy 3,499]

Pity we’ll never see the headline, “Driver charged after police officer crushed under Ferrari.”

[dblh 5]

Looks like the truck is going straight, not turning right unlike this lady.

[ivor bigun 2,016]

After watching the video,she was totaly to blame,the truck driver could never see her ,she just pushed in front of him.

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3 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

“The cause of death is reckless driving by both drivers,” Col Nikorn said.
 

Exactly .... the lady should not have pushed in front of a large truck with limited near lower vision. Just suicidal but they usually get away with it.

Many of those trucks can't see a duck because of all the stickers they put on their windscreen....it's about time the police starts fining for that.