News Forum - Drowsy driver crashes sedan into cyclists killing 1, injuring 10

[Thaiger]

A drowsy driver fell asleep behind the wheel of his sedan and crashed into a group of cyclists on the road in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat. One cyclist was killed and 10 were injured. A security camera on the Nakhon Si Thammarat-Surat Thani Road in the Sichon district clearly shows the incident …

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[Pinetree]

Same old, same old.  Sadly, nothing at all unusual about this. 

[HolyCowCm]

Wow. What else did he hit? With the looks of that, he mowed them over and got the strike. Drowsy or on his mobile phone? Both carry the same consequence.

[Bluesofa]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

A drowsy driver fell asleep behind the wheel of his sedan and crashed into a group of cyclists on the road in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat. One cyclist was killed and 10 were injured.

Very sad, but not a rare occurrence. There appears to be no motorcycle/bicycle lane on this road.

Not that it necessarily means anything: When I was hit in an almost 2 metre-wide motorcycle lane, the car driver side-swiped me - purely through not paying attention again.

[Soidog]

That’s one accounted for. Just another 60ish on average to identify today. I guess the two lottery winners from yesterday make it 3 with 57ish unaccounted for. So utterly pointless.