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Jeeeezus this could have been horrific ... why do they put the lives of children in the hands of fcukwits, is nothing sacred in this country. :guns:

18 kindergarten students injured when pickup truck slams into a roadside tree
Eighteen kindergarten students were injured, five of them in serious condition, after a modified pickup truck in which they were travelling crashed into a roadside tree in Tha Sala district of Nakhon Si Thammarat today (Wednesday).

The accident took place on the Tha Sala-U tapao road in Tambon Pothong, Tha Sala district as the school bus which was modified from a pickup truck was on its way to Ubon Witthaya kindergarten school.

Rescue workers who arrived at the scene quickly sent the injured students to Tha Sala district hospital and other nearby hospitals.

Meanwhile, Tha Sala district police detained the driver, 29-year old Mr Kanudit Chueychu, for questioning. He claimed that he lost control of the vehicle when eventually rammed into a roadside tree.

Pol Cpt Pittaya Tevadet, the inquiry police officer of Tha Sala district police, said that if it was found out that the driver was careless in driving, he would face charge of reckless driving, causing injuries to the other people.

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/18-kin ... side-tree/
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Jeeeezus this could have been horrific ... why do they put the lives of children in the hands of fcukwits,
Because the parents are the same as the driver! :guns:
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There's a massive opening for brake manufacturers here. It does appear that the majority of brakes fitted to vehicles just do not work!!!!
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Driver killed, 19 tourists hurt when bus hits power pole

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PHANG-NGA: The driver was killed and 19 Chinese tourists hurt, four seriously, when their tour bus crashed into a power pole in Takua Thung district on Friday morning.

The double-decker bus was carrying the tourists from a hotel in Krabi to Ban Ta Noon pier in Takua Thung district. It ran off the road and into a power pole on a straight section of tarmac near an intersection on Phetkasem Road in tambon Krasom around 8am, Thai media reported.

The driver Arkhom Daengnam, 40, died in the accident. Nineteen Chinese tourists were hurt, four of them seriously. The injured were rushed to Phang-nga Hospital.

Police said the bus picked up the CNR Co tour group from the Ayothaya Hotel in neighbouring Krabi province around 5am and was heading for the Ban Tha Noon pier in Takua Thung.

Police speculated the driver fell asleep. They were investigating.
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The Chinese must have some serious life insurance premiums to pay out before they come to Thailand. Odds on coming back? not good!
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buksida wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:15 pm The Chinese must have some serious life insurance premiums to pay out before they come to Thailand. Odds on coming back? not good!
I guess the Chinese do not take road accidents into consideration:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/ ... -day-china

Traffic’s toll: road accidents kill 700 people a day in China

More than half are ‘vulnerable road users’ such as pedestrians, WHO says

The WHO estimates that traffic accident claim about 260,000 deaths on the mainland each year, of which with 60 per cent are vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists.
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Driver killed, 8 passengers hurt in Loei bus crash

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LOEI: The driver was killed and eight passengers hurt when an inter-provincial bus hit a barrier at the side of a bridge, veered off the road and overturned in Phu Kradung district on Tuesday morning.

The fatal crash occurred at around 6.30am when the the Khon Kaen-Loei bus was descending a steep stretch of Highway No.201 in Phu Phaman national park.

The driver lost control of the vehicle, causing the bus to hit the barrier at Pha Nok Khao bridge. The bus skidded off the road and overturned, said Chanont Chatwongthong, head of Loei-based Sawang Khiritham rescue foundation.

The force of the crash killed the driver and injured eight passengers, one man and seven women. Rescue workers rushed the injured to a nearby hospital. The driver was later identified as Boonmee Umpha, of Loei.

Police were investigating.
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Thirteen injured in passenger van-pickup crash

Thirteen people were injured in a crash involving a passenger van and a pickup truck in Bang Lamung district on Friday morning.

The accident in tambon Huai Yai and was reported to Huai Yai police around 7.30am.

Emergency units sent to the scene found a bronze Toyota van, bearing a Chon Buri licence plate, with its front smashed in stopped in the middle of Ban Phu Sai-Pluak Daeng Road.

The injured driver was trapped in his seat. Rescue workers had to cut open the door to free him from the vehicle.

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Bus crash leaves one killed, 16 injured on Friendship Highway
One bus hostess was killed and 16 others were injured after the bus skidded, crashing a traffic island and colliding head-on with a truck on the Friendship highway in Soong Nern district of Nakgon Ratchasima province on Sunday night.

Six other trucks were also damaged in the fatal traffic that happened at about 9.30pm on the highway.

Questioning of passengers and other truck drivers revealed that the bus of Nakhon Chai Tour company was taking passengers from Korat to Bangkok.

But as the bus with about 20 passengers arrived near Ban Buyai in Soong Nern district, there was rain.

The bus skidded and crashed on the traffic island before colliding head-on with a ten wheeler coming on the opposite lane of the highway.

The crash left the bus hostess identified as Maneerat Susai, 27, dead and the bus driver Phantom Sudlapha seriously injured. 16 others in the fatal bus and six other vehicles were also injured.

All were later admitted to Maharaj hospital for treatment.

The bus driver said his bus skidded because of the slippery road after raining.

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Even the ambulances are not safe ....

Woman, 90, killed as emergency vehicle taking her to hospital crashes
A 90-year-old woman was killed when the emergency vehicle that was taking her to hospital crashed into a roadside tree on Surat Thani road on Monday night.

Police said the accident happened at 9.30pm on the Ban Krood-Mae Mok road in Moo 7 village in Tambon Krood in Surat Thani's Kanchanadit district. Daeng Thowirat died of a broken neck, police said. Her two relatives and the driver of the rescue pickup truck of Kusol Sattha Surat Thani Foundation were injured and taken to Kanchanadit Hospital.

Daeng's relatives said they called the foundation after Daeng suffered chest pains. The foundation sent an emergency pickup truck to take her to hospital, which is about 25 kilometres from her house. Police said when the pickup reached a curve in the road, the driver lost control and crashed into a roadside tree.

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Three Myanmar nationals killed after lorry hit motorcycle

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KANCHANABURI: Three Myanmar nationals, one of them a six-year-old girl, were killed in a hit-and-run case involving a motorcycle and a ten-wheel truck in Phanom Thuan district of this western border province on Saturday night, police said.

Pol Lt Nathapat Thuamsuk, a Phanom Thuan police investigator, said the accident took place at about 7.10pm on a road along an irrigation canal near Don Chedi Krangthong village.

The truck fled the scene after hitting the motorcycle in the rear, killing two Myanmar men identified as Kyaw Su, 30, and Pai Pai, 25, and six-year-old girl Kamonporn.

The bodies were taken by workers of the Miracle of Life Foundation to Chao Khun Phaiboon Hospital to be further claimed by their relatives.

Police were looking for the runaway truck.
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Three Russian tourists injured in Krabi bus crash
Three Russian tourists were injured when a bus taking them to Krabi International Airport fell onto the roadside and crashed into a tree in Krabi’s Muang district on Friday morning.

Police said the accident happened on the Krabi-bound Phetkasem Road in Tambon Khao Kram. A Russian man and two women were slightly injured.The bus driver, Rachen Sawaengsuk 46, said the bus – operated by Coral Travel – had been taking 36 Russians from Phuket to the airport in Krabi when a big bike cut in front of him.

He said the motorcycle had been racing two other big bikes, and that all three sped away after the accident. Coral Travel later sent another bus to take all the tourists to the airport to catch their flight.

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Three Myanmar workers burned to death in crash

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SING BURI: Three Myanmar migrant workers were burned to death and eight others injured when a van they were travelling in caught fire after hitting a trailer truck in Phrom Buri district in the early hours of Saturday.

The fatal crash occurred at kilometre maker 77 on the Asia Highway 32 in tambon Ban Paeng, said Pol Col Phuriwat Piluek, a duty officer at Phrom Buri police station.

Police and rescue workers rushing to the scene after being alerted at around 3.30am found the charred wreckage of a van bearing a Bangkok licence plate some 100 metres from an 18-wheel trailer truck with a Sing Buri licence plate on the road.

Three passengers were burned beyond recognition and trapped in the wreckage of the van. They were Myanmar nationals -- one man and two women, Thai media reported.

Eight other Myanmar passengers, five of whom were men, were hurt and rushed to Phrom Buri Hospital.

Suranart Chansong, 34, told police that while he was driving the truck loaded with gypsum, the van travelling at a high speed suddenly rammed into the right side of his truck.

The force of the crash caused the van’s door to come off and all passengers on board were thrown out of the vehicle, said Mr Suranart, adding he stopped his truck and rushed to help them.

Ronnakorn Tonrap, the van driver, said the Myanmar migrant workers took his van from Bangkok to Chiang Rai. Some wanted to renew their visas while others were returning home.

When his van arrived at the spot, the trailer truck travelling ahead of his vehicle suddenly changed lanes and he was unable to avoid the crash, claimed the van driver.

The door on the passenger side hit the truck, causing it to fall down. The passengers were thrown out of the vehicle. The front right wheel dislodged before the van engulfed in flames, said Mr Ronnakorn.

He immediately left the van but was unable to rescue the three passengers as they were crushed and the fire spread quickly, said the driver.

Police took the two drivers to the police station for further interrogation. They were asked to undergo alcohol blood tests. The officers were investigating to find the cause of the crash.
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One killed, two injured in Samut Prakan car accident

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SAMUT PRAKAN: The driver of a car was killed while two passengers of another car injured after the two vehicles overturned in an accident in Bang Phli district early on Sunday.

Pol Capt Wattanakij Yod-at, a Bang Phli police duty officer, said the accident occurred about 30 minutes after midnight at kilometre marker 19 on the out-bound Thepharak road in tambon Bang Pla of Bang Phli district.

Wasan Soseri, 30, the driver of a Honda Jazz, said he was taking four other people from Rua Bin market, heading for Bang Saothong district, when a motorcycle came out of a soi and suddenly cut in front of his car in the far right lane. He stepped on the brake, causing the car to overturn and roll on the road before resting upside down. His 30-year-old wife and their ten-year-old daughter were injured and taken to Chularat 3 Hospital by workers of a rescue unit.

The other car, a Honda Civic, which followed the first car at a high speed, skidded off the road and rammed into a roadside power post. The driver, identified later as Narong Sarakuding, 30, was killed inside the car behind the wheel.

Police were investigating the accident.
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Chinese tourist, van driver die in Phangnga crash

One Chinese tourist and the driver were killed when their van slammed into the rear of an 18-wheeler in Takua Thung district in Phangnga province on Tuesday morning.

FM91 traffic police and Jor Sor 100 radio stations reported the van hit a lorry waiting to make a U-turn on Phetkasem road about 8.42am.

Pol Col Yutthapol Yaha, duty officer at Khok Kloi, told media the van was taking Chinese tourists from Phuket to Thap Lamu pier in Thai Muang district in Phangnga, where they were to catch a boat to the Similan islands.

A Chinese woman died at the scene and the van driver, whose name is not known, was later pronounced dead at Takua Thung hospital, he said. Eight other people were injured, seven of them tourists.

Truck driver Waranon Boonkerd told police he stopped at a U-turn point on the road and was waiting for a gap in the traffic when he heard the van crash into the rear of the vehicle.

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