News Forum - Truck crushes motorbike rider to death in Phuket

[Thaiger]

A tragic and brutal road death has occured in Phuket, after a truck crushed a motorbike rider‘s head yesterday morning. A Facebook post with a video of the incident by Phuket Info Center read… “At 10.39am today (Mar 23), there was an accident involving a motorcyclist who lost control [of his bike] and fell under …

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[Aussieroaming]

RIP, a quick exit even if it may have been gruesome for onlookers. Given the driving and riding habits here it is no surprise that these events occur so often. 

[BOHICA]

Truck did not hit him, he hit the truck and it looks like he didn't have a helmet on either. It may or may not have saved his life.

[Leo]

It looks like he was trying to pass the car in front of him, which involved swerving a little into oncoming traffic.  So even though we see this probably every 5 min in Thailand, in this case the width of the road and the size of the truck left zero margin for error.

There needs to be a wholesale change of driving mentality in Thailand.

[Grumpish]

22 minutes ago, Leo said:

It looks like he was trying to pass the car in front of him, which involved swerving a little into oncoming traffic.  So even though we see this probably every 5 min in Thailand, in this case the width of the road and the size of the truck left zero margin for error.

There needs to be a wholesale change of driving mentality in Thailand.

What side of the road or which pavement to drive on doesn't apply to motorcycles in Thailand.

[Viggen840]

48 minutes ago, BOHICA said:

Truck did not hit him, he hit the truck and it looks like he didn't have a helmet on either. It may or may not have saved his life.

The report says his head was crushed, therefore I doubt a helmet would have done anything to save life.

[ChrisS]

"Truck did not hit him, he hit the truck and it looks like he didn't have a helmet on either. It may or may not have saved his life."

Head went under the trucks wheels, in this instance I don't think a helmet would have helped a lot.

[Guest1]

15 hours ago, BOHICA said:

Truck did not hit him, he hit the truck and it looks like he didn't have a helmet on either. It may or may not have saved his life.

Seems that he could not wait to overtake the pick up. To quick , now dead. Nothing for the truck driver to avoid!