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Late night party blamed for major road incident east of Bangkok

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Police are still investigating the events that led up to a major traffic incident last Friday. A woman in Samut Prakan, east of central Bangkok, has been seriously injured after crashing her pickup truck into a power pole, causing a series of incidents. The driver, 25 year old Siriprapha Photmoo, remained unconscious in hospital over the weekend. Police and relatives say she had been at a year-end party the previous night and had little sleep.
The accident occurred after she crashed her pickup into a power pole on Sukhumvit Road, knocking it down, in front of Samut Prakan Technical College. That pole dragged down about 10 other poles and blacked out a large chunk of the adjacent suburb. Some of the poles hit other vehicles and injured passengers and passers-by. No deaths have been reported at this stage.
The resulting traffic jam stretched for 10 kilometres.
ภาพเหตุการณ์รถชนเสาไฟพังยับเจ็บหลายราย
ภาพรวมเหตุการณ์ ชนวินาศ โค้งเทคนิคบางปู เสาไฟแรงสูงล้ม 15 ต้น ฟาดสะพานลอย รถพังนับ 10 คัน!นางสาวศิริประภา อายุ 25 ปี คนขับรถกระบะคันดังกล่าว เล่าว่าขับรถมากับเพื่อนความเร็วพอประมาณ มาถึงที่เกิดเหตุซึ่งเป็นทางโค้งรถได้เกิดเสียหลักหลุดโค้ง ขณะที่สอบถามชาวบ้านที่เห็นเหตุได้เล่าว่า ก่อนเกิดเหตุได้เห็นรถยนต์กระบะคันดังกล่าวที่ขับมาจากบางปูมุ่งหน้าเข้าตลาดปากน้ำด้วยความเร็วมาถึงที่เกิดเหตุได้แหกโค้งพุ่งชนเสาไฟฟ้าเข้าอย่างแรงเสียงดังสนั่นก่อนที่เสาไฟฟ้าแรงสูงจะล้มลงมาเป็นโดมีโน่ กว่า 10 ต้นลงมาทับรถคันอื่น ๆ ที่ขับอยู่บนถนนจนได้รับความเสียหาย เบื้องต้นเจ้าหน้าที่ได้ทำการอายัดตัวผู้ขับขี่รถยนต์กระบะต้นเหตุเอาไว้เพื่อทำการสอบสวนข้อเท็จจริงอีกครั้งเพื่อดำเนินการตามกฎหมายต่อไป
Posted by ข่าวสารเมืองปราการ v2 on Friday, December 27, 2019
Twenty-three year old Jariya Pinchaeng, a passenger who suffered a cuts to her face and chest pains, told The Bangkok Post… “My friends and I were sleeping. My older sister Siriprapha was driving. I woke up after the accident… I think she (the driver) dozed off.”
Siriprapha was taking herself and four passengers home to after visiting her boyfriend at Khlong Dan prison on Friday morning. Her mother, Wichuda Morakot, said her daughter may well have dozed off at the wheel. She had been at a party late into Thursday night and left home about 6am on Friday.
Wichuda says she understands the extent of the damage the accident has caused.
“The family is poor and jobless, and couldn’t even afford the trucks’s annual tax and mandatory insurance, but would do their best to pay compensation.”
“I am deeply sorry about what happened. No one would wish it. I’m speechless, knowing well that my child was wrong.”
Wichuda said Siriprapha suffered severe internal injuries and bleeding, over and above the swollen face and bruises that were clearly evident.
Security footage showed the truck failing to slow down for a curve and running up onto a footpath.
Medical staff have told local media that Siriprapha would be ready for questioning within a week. She will be charged with reckless driving causing injury and damage, and operating a vehicle with expired registration and without compulsory insurance, police said.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post

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