webfact Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Eight British tourists injured in Pattaya van crash By THE NATION Eight British nationals and the driver of the van they were travelling in were injured, three critically, in a road accident in Chonburi. Banglamung Highway Police were called today (January 14) to investigate the accident on Motorway 7 Km118-119 inbound to Pattaya. The police and rescue staff from Sawang Boriboon Foundation found a bronze Toyota van with Bangkok licence plate 36-0989 had crashed into a road island barricade. The front bumper of the vehicle was severely wrecked. The driver, Thanakorn To-iam, 53, suffered injuries to his right leg and nose, while his eight British passengers sustained different levels of injuries, with three being in a critical condition. They were all rushed to Bangkok Pattaya Hospital. Thanakorn told police he had picked up his passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport and was heading to tourist attractions in Pattaya when the van's rear left tyre exploded on the motorway, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into the barricade. Police are investigating and examining evidence, including dash-cam footage and tyre tracks to find if the driver’s version of events is true. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380543 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-01-14 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Welcome to Thailand get well soon 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, webfact said: bronze Toyota van Doesn't look bronze to me ? I know Thais have a strange idea about what bronze colour is. 6 minutes ago, webfact said: licence plate 36-0989 Get your lucky lotto numbers here ^^^^^^...speedy recovery to those injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitkof Island Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Pattaya = Foreigners= Mini Van = ZERO COMMON SENSE 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just1Voice Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 speeding on bald tires. Never a good idea 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeEyedRaven Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 45 minutes ago, johng said: 53 minutes ago, webfact said: bronze Toyota van Doesn't look bronze to me ? I know Thais have a strange idea about what bronze colour is. A look at the colour of the passengers pants would probably show them. Careering out of control at speed has to elicit some sort of response after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Probably no safety belts plus driving too fast, straight to Bangkok Pattaya where the hospital can make max profit 3 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve187 Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 don't get in the death traps, ever 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 If those farangs did not enter the minivan, the accident would not have happened. So they have to be fined and held responsible for the damage. 1 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tracechain Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Would it be too terribly naive to remotely wonder if the van has any type of collision hospitalization insurance? 1 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leaver Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Damage to the vehicle doesn't look that bad. I'm thinking no seat belts. Edited January 14, 2020 by Leaver 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Hopeful there are no horizontal departures to further damage TAT's tattered reputation ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineOh Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 was the driver playing candycrush on his phone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, Tracechain said: Would it be too terribly naive to remotely wonder if the van has any type of collision hospitalization insurance? Of course.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sticky Wicket Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 It's amazing how people will spend 5-10k on a night out but penny pinch on transportation. I haven't been on one of those death buses for years 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said: was the driver playing candycrush on his phone? Nah, he was picking his nose with his left hand , squeezing a spot with his right, whilst swigging lao khaow from a M150 bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiepeter Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 One trip only on one of these licenced coffins-on-wheels in 1996, CM to Fang, was enough - as Sticky Wicket says, to convince me "NEVER AGAIN" ! Never got there - he stopped at Mae Malai market for fuel and I and a Thai girl I was chatting with in cum-muang (northern Thai) jumped out. She yelled "pa-sart" - meaning nuts or crazy, to the driver. (At least four near-misses in the last twenty kms.) Like S. Wicket (?), I used to jump out of perfectly sound aircraft whilst in the army and I consider that with all my training, it was far far safer than ever getting in a Thai-driven minivan. Ticket to a near-death-experience is more like it. At the time there was a bonus though - the young lady ended up staying with me for months ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Mitkof Island said: Pattaya = Foreigners= Mini Van = ZERO COMMON SENSE Eeeh? What is equal to what? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, ChipButty said: Welcome to Thailand get well soon CHipbutty nailed it right....just another day in the thunderdome...sadly! Wish it were not that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leaver Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 13 minutes ago, mike787 said: CHipbutty nailed it right....just another day in the thunderdome...sadly! Wish it were not that way. Thailand is all about maximum income, with minimum expense, which makes safety non existent. The rich get richer on the back of 300 baht a day Thai labor, who in most cases, are untrained and / or inexperienced. It's a dangerous mixture, with many tourists paying the ultimate price over the years. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Some people are freeclimbers, others do skydiving to get their kick but true heroes book a trip on a thai-driven minivan. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 5 hours ago, Aussiepeter said: One trip only on one of these licenced coffins-on-wheels in 1996, CM to Fang, was enough - as Sticky Wicket says, to convince me "NEVER AGAIN" ! I took 2 trip on a public van route. The first one was so bad I thought it had to be a fluke. The second one was even worse. I never took a public (with a route) van again. But I did often hire private vans after getting driver references from friends. Some of the drivers are real good. But I'd never choose one at random. And the pretty girls always sat up front to keep the driver awake... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 People never learn, you don't get into one of these vans in Thailand they are death traps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yahooka Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Thechook said: People never learn, you don't get into one of these vans in Thailand they are death traps. And how many tourists are aware of this fact? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Dramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO ByThe Thaiger Dramatic highway CCTV has now been released of the crash of the passenger van, injuring eight British tourists travelling from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pattaya. Three were seriously injured in the high speed crash which scattered contents of the van over the road and grassed verge between the two sides of the motorway. Eight British tourists are in hospital after their passenger van crashed into the median strip metal railing on the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway. The incident occurred about 10:30am on the Pattaya southbound side of the road. 53 year old Thanakorn To-iam, the driver of the van, told police he picked up the passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok and was driving them to Pattaya when the van’s left rear tyre burst, causing it to swerve and hit the railing of the road’s centre median strip. All eight of the tourists received first aid at the scene before being taken to Bangkok Pattaya Hospital. Source: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/transport/dramatic-video-shows-high-speed-impact-eight-british-tourists-injured-on-their-way-to-pattaya-video -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2020-01-15 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post saengd Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said: Nah, he was picking his nose with his left hand , squeezing a spot with his right, whilst swigging lao khaow from a M150 bottle. A three handed driver, there's something you don't see every day. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daiwill60 Posted January 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2020 Too fast to controll a rear tyre blowout, takes a lot of lack of driving skill for sure, front end blow out at that speed Yeah difficult. but back end? sleeping more likely the cause. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shy coconut Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Crikey, 3 or 4 passengers thrown out onto the road, looks like the side door must have opened and closed on impact. Edit, it looks like they came out of the back with the luggage. The way the van lost control, it does seem like a blowout occured, it didn't look like it was going crazy fast, although the bends on those motorways can catch you out. Edited January 14, 2020 by shy coconut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengd Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 That driver had no idea how to control a skid, he'd be hopeless on snow or ice, if he'd turned into the skid he could probably have retained control.....it's a training thing.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 brits on board..... was the van overloaded which caused the blowout ? 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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