Mini bus crash between Cha am and Petchaburi

Post by **Bas** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:27 pm

Yesterday the mini bus from 5.30 PM to Bangkok had a roadaccident just out of Cha am, probably because of a burst tire.
All passengers were injured and as far as i heard stay in hospitals in Cha am and Petchaburi. Also my girlfriend who is injured on the lower back. All except for the driver who was not wounded.

Anybody have more news on this?

Post by **Jockey** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:09 pm

Bas wrote:Yesterday the mini bus from 5.30 PM to Bangkok had a roadaccident just out of Cha am, probably because of a burst tire.
All passengers were injured and as far as i heard stay in hospitals in Cha am and Petchaburi. Also my girlfriend who is injured on the lower back. All except for the driver who was not wounded.

Anybody have more news on this?

Sorry to hear this. Not surprising really. Hope your girlfriend has a quick recovery.

Post by **lomuamart** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:27 pm

Listening to Thai news on Surf FM yesterday and they were waxing lyrical about motor maintenance. "It's for free" now, in the run-up to the festive season.
I suppose that would be like an MOT, in the UK. I do hope it is and that people take advantage of the offer.
Sorry to hear about your girlfriend, Bas. I hope she recovers quickly.

Post by **Bas** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:56 pm

Thanks guys,

Seems she have some broken ribs and some damage to internal organs. The dokter said, she have to stay at least one month in hospital.

Post by **Kraka's Dad** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:05 pm

So sorry to hear that.
Our thoughts are with her and you of course.

Post by **Jockey** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:29 pm

I would imagine the reason the driver was the only one not injured because he was wearing a safety belt? The way these drivers tear up and down to Bangkok, weaving in and out of traffic is frightening.

Post by **Night** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:35 pm

The new cheap toyota mini buses that do the hua hin- bkk route don't have seat belts or arm rests, very hard cheap uncomfortable little seats but can fit an extra passenger or 2 over the older more comfortable ones.
Life is cheap to Thais. Hope the people who were injured have only quick healing injuries and not ones that will go back to haunt latter in life.

Post by **kiwi P** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:50 pm

A speedy recovery for all those that were hurt,,,,,,,Just put me off catching mini-bus from BKK to H.H ,don't need to put life at risk for a few baht,plus going to bring more luggage than first thought....

Jingle Bells.

Peace Out..

Post by **The understudy** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:50 am

Hi there Bas
sSorry to hear what happened to your Gilfriend I hope your she will be OK recovering from this accident soon. All of my thoughts and prayers go out to all of the Injured in this accident!
The Problem is before any trip wheels and tires had to be checked if it's nessecery @ the Esso Gas/Petrol Station across the street to ensure Passenger safetty.
(88) is one of my favorite number)

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:59 am

There's another problem these days and that is the roads everywhere in Thailand are atrocious at the moment. Main causes, damage from rainy season not yet fixed, and overweight trucks slowly destroying them.

I took a MV from Pattaya to the airport yesterday and even on the Motorway, we had to dodge potholes as well as ongoing construction obstacles. Even with new tires, you'll have flats and blowouts hitting those things continuously. Pete

Post by **bunthom** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:57 pm

I was lucky, as only about half of the seats had belts - it seems that they tuck them down in the seats.

Always a bonus when you find a belt and my ratio is one out of ten or so. If you take them all the time, some sort of accident is inevitable, and I value my life more than the Thais value theirs.

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Mini bus crash between Cha am and Petchaburi

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got a seat belt in a new MV last week