Minivan, bus and road accidents

[Nereus]

Driver burned to death as truck hits power pole

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Wife escapes with injuries after tyre bursts and causes driver to lose control

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A driver was burned to death and his wife escaped with injuries when a refrigerated truck caught fire after a tyre burst, causing the vehicle to crash into a high-voltage power pole in Pran Buri district on Saturday.

The accident occurred near kilometre maker 244 on Bangkok-bound Phetkasem Road in tambon Nong Tataem on Saturday morning, said Pol Lt Natthaphon Thalaenoi, investigation officer at the Pran Buri police station.

Police, rescue workers and fire crews that rushed to the scene found the 10-wheel truck with Ranong licence plates engulfed in flames.

Firefighters took about 10 minutes to bring the blaze under control while electricians cut the power in the immediate area.

The truck driver was found dead inside the vehicle with severe burns. Rescue workers used a cutting tool to pry open the wreckage to retrieve his body. His wife sustained injuries and was taken to Pran Buri Hospital.

The names of the driver and his wife were not released.

A police investigation found that the truck carrying fish from Ranong was on its way to Bangkok when a tyre burst. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which plunged into a roadside ditch and then hit a high-voltage power pole and caught fire.

Flames shoot out of a refrigerated truck that caught fire after a tyre burst and it struck a power pole on Phetkasem Road in Pran Buri on Saturday. The driver was burned to death and his wife sustained injuries. (Photo by Chaiwat Satyaem)

[Nereus]

Bus accident kills 2, injures 18

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NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A bus overturned after sliding backwards while ascending a steep hill in Khanom district, killing two passengers and injuring 18 others on Sunday, police said.

Pol Maj Sukrita Jaihao, a Khanom police investigator, said the accident occurred at about 11.30am while a bus was taking a number of tourists from the Hainan Association back to Songkhla province after a trip to Surat Thani for a Hainanese function.

Phankhom Tulathon, 47, the bus driver, told police that while passing Khanom district, the passengers asked him to drive up a hill called Noen Thewada, a well-known tourist spot, for sightseeing.

While climbing up slope, Mr Phankhom said he found the bus was not powerful enough. Although he shifted to a low gear, the bus started to slide backwards and then gathered speed. The bus veered off the road, hit a tree and overturned, ending up on its side.

Two female passengers were crushed to death. They were identified as Sansanee Phurangsee, 46, and Ajjana Nopkhunkachorn, 63, both from Songkhla's Hat Yai district.

Eighteen other passengers were injured, three of them seriously. They were rushed to Khanom and nearby hospitals.

Police were questioning the bus driver to determine the exact cause of the accident.

[Nereus]

Two die, one injured in Chai Nat crash

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CHAI NAT: Two people were killed and another injured when their pickup ran off Highway 340 in Sankhaburi district and hit a tree in the median ditch on Monday.

The accident happened near kilometre marker 150 in tambon Phraek Si Racha.

Wichian Rodthiang, 64, the driver, and his wife Chucheep, 62, were killed and Boonchuay Klankaew, 85, Mrs Chucheep's father, sufferred serious injuries.

Police said the elderly couple had a popular noodle shop in Sankhaburi district. They took Mr Boonchuay to pick up some medicine at Chainat Naren Hospital in Chai Nat town. The accident happened on the way back to Sangkhaburi district.

Police were investigating. They suspected that Wichian fell asleep at the wheel.

[Nereus]

One killed, 5 injured in big bike-van accident

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SAMUT PRAKAN: A man was killed and five injured when a big bike he was driving rammed into a van making a U-turn on the Old Sukhumvit road in Muang district on Saturday night, police said.

The accident occurred at about 8pm in Khlong Bang Saothao area in tambon Bang Pu Mai.

Paveena Ratpipop, 32, a relative of the one of the injured, told police that the accident happened after a group of passengers went on board a van in a planned trip to visit the famous Khao Khitchakut temple in Chanthaburi province.

After all were on board, the van made a sudden U-turn on the Old Sukhumvit road to head in the direction of Khlong Dan. At the time, a big bike, which was running from Khlong Dan, violently rammed into the middle of it.

The big bike driver, identified later as Anan Phosila, 26, was killed and his vehicle badly damaged. Five van passengers - three men and two women - were injured by the impact. They were rushed to Ratrin Hospital in Bang Pu area.

Police were investigating to establish the actual cause of the accident.

[Nereus]

1 killed, 6 injured in pile-up

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NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man was killed and six other people injured in a pile-up involving an 18-wheel articulated lorry and eight other vehicles in Thung Song district on Saturday evening.

Pol Capt Luesak Anusilp, a duty officer at Kapang police station, said the accident took place while many vehicles were stopped at a red light at an intersection in tambon Kapang.

The 18-wheel lorry rammed into a row of eight vehicles in front of it, damaging all of them. One of them, an Isuzu pick-up, was completely crushed. The driver, Chaiwut Ponrit, 61, was seriously injured. He died later at Rassada Hospital in Trang province.

Six other people - a boy, three women and two men - were injured and admitted to hospital.

An investigation was underway to establish the cause of the accident.

One of the nine vehicles is damaged in an accident in Thung Song district of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Saturday that kills a man and injurs six other people. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)

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[Nereus]

Car driven by monk rear-ends pickup, one killed

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NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A woman was killed when the pickup she was travelling in was hit from behind by a car driven by a monk in Phimai district on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred about 1.15pm on a road along an irrigation canal at Moo 9 village in tambon Krachon.

Pol Lt Col Putharak Arayarangsi, the Krachon police chief, said Likit Chuamo, 24, was driving the pickup, taking nine people to a nearby village to visit relatives whose house had just been damaged by a fire. His vehicle was hit from behind by a Nissan Sunny driven by a monk, identified as Phra Mun Suparo, 51, of Wat Non Krabuang in tambon Krachon.

The pickup was forced off the road and into the canal, which had dried up. A woman passenger, Thongmaen Chuamo, 46, was thrown from the back of the pickup and crushed.

She was rushed to Phimai Hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Other passengers in the pickup were injured.

The monk said he was on the way to pick up another monk at Wat Non Tala, also in tambon Krachon.

He was detained for questioning, pending legal action.

The Nissan Sunny, driven by a monk, after it rear-ended a pickup in Phimai on Sunday. A woman travelling on the back of the pickup was killed. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)

[PeteC]

Has it really been 9 days since the last reportable accident? I haven't seen any of note in the News except a tragic event where a 2 1/2 year old following his Granny ran out right in front of a car in Hat Yai and was crushed.

Fewer tourist vans and busses equals fewer accidents, and perhaps more people working from home and not commuting, plus staff laid off and factories not at full production.

It's comparable to the massive drop in air pollution in China; here we have fewer road deaths it seems.

[hhinner]

The table in this Daily News article ( https://www.dailynews.co.th/regional/761957) shows deaths at the scene for the first 9 days of March. The figure for the 9th is extraordinary, but you might suspect some reports of deaths may have been delayed over the weekend. Facemasks aren't really as good as helmets and seatbelts for injury prevention.

[PeteC]

Less road deaths during Songkran because of lockdown

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Normally considered one of the most dangerous places to drive in the world, the death toll on Thailand’s roads during Songkran has decreased by more than 200 cases year-on-year because of the nationwide lockdown.

According to the Ministry of Interior’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the number of fatalities from road accidents during the period of April 10-16 has decreased from 386 cases in 2019, down to 167 cases in 2020. That represents a decrease of 56.74 per cent or by 219 lives.

The number of accidents has decreased from 3,338 cases in 2019 to 1,307 cases in 2020, representing a drop of 60.84 per cent or 2,031 cases.

Deputy Interior Minister Niphon Bunyamanee said even though the holiday period has been extended, the DDPM was still collecting information.

With alcohol being banned and a curfew in place, there were less cars on the street and less drunk people behind the wheels.

Drunk driving is the number one cause of death during the Songkran period.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

[HHTel]

Oh dear! That gives them ammunition to have a year on year ban on alcohol sales.

[Big Boy]

It may not be a bad thing if it will save that many lives. Thailand has been closed for the last month for 49 deaths, so a little pain to save a lot of lives (of course, this is from a non-drinker )

[HHTel]

Agreed that it's prevented some loss of life. However, that's not the solution.
Why not ban cars, driving at night, etc etc. It's down to education, mindset and proactive policing backed up by sensible deterrents. Much more heavier penalties and the like. Of course that will come down to having an effective traffic police division and enforcement.

Ok. It's not going to happen in my lifetime.

[buksida]

The daily death toll has not changed in Thailand, but idiotic driving has just been replaced as the top cause. Now it is gun crime and suicides.

[PeteC]

Driver killed after trailer fell off bridge

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[Nereus]

1 killed, 2 injured in ice trucks collision

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NAKHON RATCHASIMA: One man was killed and two other people seriously injured when two ice trucks collided on Wednesday morning.

Pol Capt Bantoon Srithiang, a Sida police duty officer, said the accident occurred at about 7.30am on Highway 202 near Ban Nong No in Sida district.

Local residents said while a pick-up loaded with ice was heading for Sida district at high speed, one of its tyres burst. This caused the vehicle to swerve across the middle line to collide head-on with an oncoming six-wheel truck, also loaded with ice.

Chatchai Jaemnoy, 26, the driver of the first vehicle, was killed. Two other men were trapped in the other ice truck, seriously injured. They were extracted from the wreck by rescuers from Hook 31 Rescue Unit and rushed to Sida Hospital.

Police were investigating to establish the actual cause of the accident.

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Rescuers break into the front section of a six-wheeled truck to help two men, who were seriously injured and trapped inside, out of the vehicle. The truck collided with a pick-up on Highway 202 in Nakhon Ratchasima's Sida district, leaving one killed and two injured. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

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