webfact Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Ratchaburi: Delivery driver reverses over neighbor's one year old boy - wais grieving relatives Picture: Daily News Muang Ratchaburi police were called to a narrow soi in Moo 6 opposite a mall after a Kewpie delivery driver reversed over a one year old boy. Khanathip or "Nong Ae", one year 10 months, had his head crushed under the left rear wheel. His grieving relatives were cradling the lifeless body of their little boy. Suwat, 37, whose house is opposite the boy's, said he was a delivery driver for Kewpie who own a factory nearby. He said he always took the greatest of care when reversing into his house as there are a lot of children in the soi. But he clearly had not seen Nong Ae run out of his house. He was unable to see behind him. His Isuzu has a container attachment on the back. He was sorry and accepted it was his fault. He apologized to the relatives with a "wai" promising all the help he could give. The police took him away for prosecution. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-10-30 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 Heart breaking story, poor driver has to live with what happened, tragic. Maybe driver was partly to blame, but it is the norm here to let very small children run around/ play on the road without adult supervision. Along the road from our home, there are 2 under 3 year old children play on the road everyday, ole granny does nothing to stop them, many times i hear vehicles blowing their horns at the children, i have said to my wife many times, 1 day 1 of them children will get run over. R.I.P. little 1, hopefully somebody will learn from whats happened, and take care of young children in their care. 18 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 after reading the first few lines I felt sick instantly with a rush to stop reading... absolutely awful tragedy ... very sad. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, colinneil said: Heart breaking story, poor driver has to live with what happened, tragic. Maybe driver was partly to blame, but it is the norm here to let very small children run around/ play on the road without adult supervision. Along the road from our home, there are 2 under 3 year old children play on the road everyday, ole granny does nothing to stop them, many times i hear vehicles blowing their horns at the children, i have said to my wife many times, 1 day 1 of them children will get run over. R.I.P. little 1, hopefully somebody will learn from whats happened, and take care of young children in their care. Indeed driver could be guilty but kids do need some supervision. At that age there must be someone around. But could be an unfortunate accident that he just slipped the watchful eyes (one can hope) or neglect. Sad really sad. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 i was in downtown Udon Thani on my motorcycle and I turned a corner on a main street, not a small soi and right in the middle of the street was a two year old boy just standing there looking clueless. i slammed on the brakes and and made sure no other vehicles were coming and just started beeping my horn in a constant on off until a man looked out from his shop house and came out to collect the kid. He actually shot me a dirty look! 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 Prosecuted for what? That implies that they have already determined that he was at fault as opposed to this simply being a tragic accident. That sounds hard to believe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Jingthing said: Prosecuted for what? That implies that they have already determined that he was at fault as opposed to this simply being a tragic accident. That sounds hard to believe. Its standard to prosecute the guy, does not mean guilty or anything. Means an investigation. I think its the same in other countries. They take you at least in for questioning and making sure they know what happened. A kid lost its life so some investigation is needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 A 1 year old should be watched, and when not watched shut in the home. Sad it's happened, but I really can't place the blame on the van driver. 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, robblok said: Its standard to prosecute the guy, does not mean guilty or anything. Means an investigation. I think its the same in other countries. They take you at least in for questioning and making sure they know what happened. A kid lost its life so some investigation is needed. Then they should have said investigation. Of course it should be investigated. Prosecution definitely implies that they have already decided to charge him. Maybe this is just another lost in translation type thing. Edited October 30, 2020 by Jingthing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, BritManToo said: A 1 year old should be watched, and when not watched shut in the home. Sad it's happened, but I really can't place the blame on the van driver. Well that depends. For example was he going very fast or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Jingthing said: Well that depends. For example was he going very fast or not. How fast do you can a person (fixed for JT) drive in reverse down a narrow soi? It seems to be unlikely he was speeding. Edited October 30, 2020 by BritManToo 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Just now, BritManToo said: How fast do you drive in reverse down a narrow soi? I wasn't driving. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Then they should have said investigation. Of course it should be investigated. Prosecution definitely implies that they have already decided to charge him. Maybe this is just another lost in translation type thing. Quite possible i get used to it, besides newspapers even in my country are never truly accurate in their reporting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 How does anyone expect a Thai driver to see anything in reverse ????Rip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaLa Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said: How does anyone expect a Thai driver to see anything in reverse ????Rip How does anyone expect a Thai driver to see anything in reverse ? RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Saucage Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) I strongly believe that for the driver it was impossible to see the boy, neither through the rear window nor through the mirrors. The boy was too little. Such tragic accidents show how usefull rear cameras and beepers with sensors in the bumbers are to warn the driver while reversing. They should be mandatory. Edited October 30, 2020 by Flying Saucage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Does it really matter if the kid was one or five? He was in the wrong place wrong time scenario... Hard to fault driver unless reckless driving can be proven.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Jingthing said: Prosecuted for what? That implies that they have already determined that he was at fault as opposed to this simply being a tragic accident. That sounds hard to believe. Agreed death by mis-adventure. Blame is proportional, who in the hell allows a 10 month old baby to run around un-supervised with access to a Soi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IraqRon Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 so, the relatives were around to grieve for the child but not there to watch out for and care about the child, so typical, probably busy gossiping or talking about how many baht so and so paid for such and such. They should be ashamed that this happened withing their "watch". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 10:25 AM, Jingthing said: Prosecuted for what? That implies that they have already determined that he was at fault as opposed to this simply being a tragic accident. That sounds hard to believe. Yes indeed, my thought as well - a very tragic accident, in my opinion, whilst reversing towards his own house. RIP young lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 9:51 AM, webfact said: He was sorry and accepted it was his fault. I struggle to see this as being the fault of the driver, not completely the fault. The parents are also wholly complicit in this tragic incident. Who let a 1 year 10 month old child craw / walk around on a dirt road ???? I’m reluctant to call them careers as they failed in the most basic duty of care and supervision. This isn’t the first time, we see extremely young kids playing bear roads and khlongs all the time - the duty of care is often so absent, so tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpattaya Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 The only reason for prosecution is in the brown envelope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherclaire Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 He said he always took the greatest of care when reversing into his house as there are a lot of children in the soi. Obviously not. RIP, little boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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