webfact Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Gas powered vehicle incinerates driver after horrific crash near Phetchaburi Picture: Talk News Online Khao Yoi police and rescue services responded after a Honda car collided with a power pole and burst into flames near a U-turn on the Petchkasen Highway southbound yesterday. Lots of onlookers were staring helplessly as the fire blazed by the side of the road near the Petchsiam factory. After the severe fire was extinguished the blackened remains of Krissana Kaewpleuak, 31, were retrieved. Picture: Talk News Online His mother Panya said that her unemployed son would come to her place for meals and was on his way when the accident occurred. He was driving a gas powered vehicle that clearly exploded causing the devastating fire after he lost control of the car. Talk News Online called it a grim accident. Source: Talk News Online -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-02-02 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted February 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, webfact said: Talk News Online called it a grim accident. Extremely grim. You can only hope that he was killed by the impact. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Moral to this story - if driving a gas powered car don't hit power poles! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 You would think there would be some kind of emergency cutoff on the supply. I know I have seen some that look like they just change cylinders with regulators, but that car (from what I can see that is left) looks like it was built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 He didn’t hit a power pole but rather collided with it...were both objects moving? obviously lost control with speed....that’s called immediate feedback with consequences... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted February 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 hours ago, darksidedog said: You can only hope that he was killed by the impact. From looking at the wreckage at least unconscious. Another high speed power pole crash. Hardly a day without. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arkady Posted February 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2021 Reminds me of an accident in Bangkok when a gas truck spilled LPG over a line of cars coming down the ramp from the expressway on to Petchburi Road. About 30 people died either at the scene or in hospital later. Many could see it coming but couldn't get their cars out the traffic jam on the ramp. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 5 hours ago, canopus1969 said: Moral to this story - if driving a gas powered car don't hit power poles! no Sir, the moral is, never drive a gas powered car. They are a death trap in any kind of accident , be it your fault, or someone else's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phantomfiddler Posted February 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2021 3 hours ago, cardinalblue said: He didn’t hit a power pole but rather collided with it...were both objects moving? obviously lost control with speed....that’s called immediate feedback with consequences... I doesn't had an complete knowledge due from an English langwidge, but fail to differential any differ from hitting a power pole and colluding with it ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 5 hours ago, darksidedog said: Extremely grim. You can only hope that he was killed by the impact. RIP young Man. I would never drive, or travel in any Gas powered vehicle after that really horrendous accident on the 36 route near the Bira Raceway several years ago in which many people died in this horrific manner while travelling in a Mini Van. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 6 hours ago, canopus1969 said: Moral to this story - if driving a gas powered car don't hit power poles! which includes: when not driving a gas powered car - do hit a power pole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 6 hours ago, canopus1969 said: Moral to this story - if driving a gas powered car don't hit power poles! Or convert the car to grill chicken whilst driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted February 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2021 What is it with Thais and poles? We read of these collisions every single day. And they usually seem to be on straight roads. I live on a long straight road and in my seven years here there have been around 20 accidents - I've lost count now - within 500 metres of my house, involving death, coma, amputations, overturned lorries, pickups in the roadside ditch. When Thais can't even negotiate a straight road you know there's a problem. Maybe, like yesterday when we were forced to pull over as a car came straight at us flashing his lights, they are forced off the road too. I now refuse to go out at night as there are too many bikes with no rear light, or not even a front light as they come at you on the wrong side of the road, drivers who are clearly drunk, drivers driving down the wrong side of a dual carriageway. And so on and so on. The place is a lunatic asylum. Just today I saw three kids sitting in the sidecar part of a motorcycle - which is illegal, but it being illegal has no relevance in Thailand - with the boy driver showing off by weaving over the road and almost being hit by a pickup. Why is it that Thais have absolutely no awareness of danger? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 36 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: What is it with Thais and poles? We read of these collisions every single day. And they usually seem to be on straight roads. I live on a long straight road and in my seven years here there have been around 20 accidents - I've lost count now - within 500 metres of my house, involving death, coma, amputations, overturned lorries, pickups in the roadside ditch. When Thais can't even negotiate a straight road you know there's a problem. Maybe, like yesterday when we were forced to pull over as a car came straight at us flashing his lights, they are forced off the road too. I now refuse to go out at night as there are too many bikes with no rear light, or not even a front light as they come at you on the wrong side of the road, drivers who are clearly drunk, drivers driving down the wrong side of a dual carriageway. And so on and so on. The place is a lunatic asylum. Just today I saw three kids sitting in the sidecar part of a motorcycle - which is illegal, but it being illegal has no relevance in Thailand - with the boy driver showing off by weaving over the road and almost being hit by a pickup. Why is it that Thais have absolutely no awareness of danger? You could also ask what is ich drivers and trees? Poles and trees are beside roads and that’s all there is to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Happy Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: What is it with Thais and poles? We read of these collisions every single day. And they usually seem to be on straight roads. I live on a long straight road and in my seven years here there have been around 20 accidents - I've lost count now - within 500 metres of my house, involving death, coma, amputations, overturned lorries, pickups in the roadside ditch. When Thais can't even negotiate a straight road you know there's a problem. Maybe, like yesterday when we were forced to pull over as a car came straight at us flashing his lights, they are forced off the road too. I now refuse to go out at night as there are too many bikes with no rear light, or not even a front light as they come at you on the wrong side of the road, drivers who are clearly drunk, drivers driving down the wrong side of a dual carriageway. And so on and so on. The place is a lunatic asylum. Just today I saw three kids sitting in the sidecar part of a motorcycle - which is illegal, but it being illegal has no relevance in Thailand - with the boy driver showing off by weaving over the road and almost being hit by a pickup. Why is it that Thais have absolutely no awareness of danger? I believe they just don't care or think too mutt. Life is cheap in Thailand and Paradise awaits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJPom Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Pilotman said: no Sir, the moral is, never drive a gas powered car. They are a death trap in any kind of accident , be it your fault, or someone else's. In my past life in Queensland I used to assist a mate who fitted gas to vehicles professionally, I stress professionally. Tanks had to be tested to Australian standards and fitting supervised by a licensed / qualified mechanic who was legally liable for any faults. Many crashes happened but unless the tank itself was punctured very , very few fires, you could cut the supply lines and immediately after the release of pressure safety valve would close. After having said all the preceding there is no way I would ever have a car with gas in Thailand, why ? , does anyone here read the instructions... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Arkady said: Reminds me of an accident in Bangkok when a gas truck spilled LPG over a line of cars coming down the ramp from the expressway on to Petchburi Road. About 30 people died either at the scene or in hospital later. Many could see it coming but couldn't get their cars out the traffic jam on the ramp. I moved to BKK in Oct 1990 just a couple of weeks after that horrible disaster. The police had moved the burnt out cars to nearby Makkasan Rd and I still have etched in my memory the image of a Benz with blobs of molten alloy where the wheels had been. It was reported at the time that after a small collision with a tuktuk and the tanker rolled over most people did not panic and run away from their vehicles because the fire didn't start immediately. That gave enough time for the invisible, but heavier than air, LPG to seep out and cloak the ground of the whole Petchaburi/Wireless Rd intersection. Eventually something sparked the fire after which the flames consumed all the oxygen in the air causing the vehicle engines to stall so even those not gridlocked by traffic were paralysed. It is hard to imagine the horror of being faced with the choice of jumping out of your car to instant incineration or wait inside for another minute. I think it was close to 100 people that died which was then the worst man made disaster in Thailand's history until a couple of years later when the Kader toy factory fire in Phuttamonthon took over that dubious honour. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 11 hours ago, webfact said: Lots of onlookers were staring helplessly as the fire blazed Surely some of them risked 3rd degree burns to try to get some jewelry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captor Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 10 hours ago, canopus1969 said: Moral to this story - if driving a gas powered car don't hit power poles! Sencemoral - if driving a vehicle avoid power poles!! Even if they are hunting you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captor Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Arkady said: Reminds me of an accident in Bangkok when a gas truck spilled LPG over a line of cars coming down the ramp from the expressway on to Petchburi Road. About 30 people died either at the scene or in hospital later. Many could see it coming but couldn't get their cars out the traffic jam on the ramp. LPG or Benzin - same danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captor Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 hours ago, sweatalot said: which includes: when not driving a gas powered car - do hit a power pole They do... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 In the UK, most highways and motorways (not city streets) have armco barriers to deflect the vehicle from hitting and impacting the poles, bridges, supports thus avoiding sudden and catastophic damage to vehicles and occupants. Here I see barriers set up that provide exactly the possibility of fatal impact. Add that to all the other road dangers and it's a disaster waiting to happen. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 9 hours ago, Captor said: LPG or Benzin - same danger. LPG is an invisible gas whereas gasoline is a liquid which you can see. LPG is compressed whereas gasoline isn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 The way this car is smashed, I doubt that because it was gas powered or diesel powered mattered. This fatal accident looks like speed was a factor. RIP to the driver and I am glad that more people were not killed in this crash. Geezer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Pilotman said: no Sir, the moral is, never drive a gas powered car. They are a death trap in any kind of accident , be it your fault, or someone else's. But it is OK to drive a car with the rear seat passengers sat on 45l of gasoline? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Stargrazer9889 said: The way this car is smashed, I doubt that because it was gas powered or diesel powered mattered. This fatal accident looks like speed was a factor. RIP to the driver and I am glad that more people were not killed in this crash. Geezer True. There is a more enlightening article (chiangraitimes.com). Driver was a woman. She was excessively speeding, overtaking multiple cars before swerving over the median strip to the other side. Engine was thrown out from the impact! Oncoming vehicle ran into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captor Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 8 hours ago, thedemon said: LPG is an invisible gas whereas gasoline is a liquid which you can see. LPG is compressed whereas gasoline isn't. When benzin is burning it is actually the gaz from the benzin that is burning. Not the benzin intself. I am sure you can find info on the internet if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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