webfact Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Foreign tourist among dead as van hits "song thaew" on Koh Lanta Picture: Video screenshot KRABI: -- A foreign tourist and a Thai driver are dead after a van travelling from Krabi airport to Koh Lanta hit a song thaew. The accident happened on the Huay Nam Khao - Koh Klang Road. Initial reports said that seven people were injured - three in the van and four on the other vehicle. All the injured were ferried to Klong Thom hospital. But two have since been reported dead. They were the driver of the van - Sarawuth Suphap - and an unidentified foreign woman. Witnesses said that the two vehicles collided after the van experienced a burst front right tire. The van was taking the tourists from Krabi airport to Koh Lanta. Source: CH 3 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-04-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Witnesses said that the two vehicles collided after the van experienced a burst front right tire. Bald and over-inflated? What a way to end your holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Just another day on Thai roads sadly............R.I.P. to the deceased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 re ;bald tyres,, on my daily travels, it has amazed me how many scooters and 4 wheeled vehicles i have seen with hardly any tread on the tyres at all. so a bit of rain, and "bang", not saying this is the case for one moment , for the sorry accident. just my observation of general vehicle condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunroaming Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, daveAustin said: Bald and over-inflated? Sounds like me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepinlaos Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 wow just arrived in krabi airport and then that happens. tourists will be unaware of what death machines those vans are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstar1 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Oh Well Just the start of more Carnage on Thai Roads New Regulations are really Working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 More carnage on the Thai roads.....It will never stop. RiP to the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 3 hours ago, mercman24 said: re ;bald tyres,, on my daily travels, it has amazed me how many scooters and 4 wheeled vehicles i have seen with hardly any tread on the tyres at all. so a bit of rain, and "bang", not saying this is the case for one moment , for the sorry accident. just my observation of general vehicle condition. Just pretend you are a rozzer, then you wont even have to be bothered with being amazed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Why is Song teaw in "inverted commas" ? A song teaw is a song teaw...unless it's not :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 So much for law enforcement Guys Nothing has changed Minivans still the same Thai police go bullshit somewhere else we are so sick of listening to it No rules do what you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 4/6/2017 at 0:48 PM, daveAustin said: Witnesses said that the two vehicles collided after the van experienced a burst front right tire. Bald and over-inflated? What a way to end your holiday. I've seen a few tourists like that........... RIP for the two dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just.a.thought Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Makes you wonder how many lives are being lost every year due to lack of enforcement of the traffic rules and regulations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surasak Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, just.a.thought said: Makes you wonder how many lives are being lost every year due to lack of enforcement of the traffic rules and regulations? I would say 90% of the total each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I would prefer to rent my own car in Krabi instead of driving in the minivan death traps. Being a defensive driver I would probably survive or at least my odds would be a lot better. R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 It's just a moving coffin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustcashier Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 ...is this appropriate? Maybe. Often the fastest way to notify relatives these days is through social media. If it were my loved one it wouldn't matter if it was on TV or several days later from a tap on the door by a cop.. Same devastation regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Rhys said: ...is this appropriate? Of course not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 On 11/04/2017 at 8:49 PM, Rhys said: ...is this appropriate? Not in Western countries, but dead foreigner's passport photos and details are habitually released in the press here. Your question would be seen as correct in a Western context but overly fussy or mystifying in a Thai context. The only exception I could think of would be a Westerner with status in Thais' eyes such as a diplomat or an important investor. Then it would definitely be inappropriate. I hope this answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 9 hours ago, Briggsy said: Not in Western countries, but dead foreigner's passport photos and details are habitually released in the press here. Your question would be seen as correct in a Western context but overly fussy or mystifying in a Thai context. The only exception I could think of would be a Westerner with status in Thais' eyes such as a diplomat or an important investor. Then it would definitely be inappropriate. I hope this answers your question. It answered the question, but does not help to excuse the gross ignorance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 On 2017-4-6 at 0:48 PM, daveAustin said: Witnesses said that the two vehicles collided after the van experienced a burst front right tire. Bald and over-inflated? What a way to end your holiday. Having survived a half day tour in a 'death van' , I'm still shaking. Ten of us in the van, while the driver rushed to various tourist sites in Phuket. In the first 20 minutes, the driver accumulated more than $3000 in fines, had he been in Australia. Tailgating, changing lanes and not indicating, in the wrong lane at the traffic lights, jumping into gaps between traffic. Eventually, he attempted to pass a slow-moving truck on a blind mountain corner, clearly marked with a solid road marking; Another Aussie sitting behind me let fly at the driver and told him to slow down and stop trying to kill us all. He got a well-deserved bollocking, and slowed down somewhat on the return trip. He obviously graduated with first class honours at a kamikaze school. Never again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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