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2 killed, 6 wounded in Kalasin accident

Two people were killed and six injured when an ambulance collided with a motorcycle in Muang district of Kalasin province on Sunday afternoon.

Police said the accident occurred at about 1pm when the ambulance, which was taking a female patient, her relatives and nurses from Kham Muang Hospital to Kalasin Hospital hit the motorcycle driven by a teenager on Kalasin-Somdet road in front of the Isan Rajamangala University of Technology, Kalasin campus.

Khamkong Phanchai, 50, the ambulance driver, told police the motorcycle cut in front of his vehicle. The ambulance hit the motorcycle and rammed into a power post.

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  • geoffo

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    Discussion 4 : 11 Nov 2012 at 21.514

    Agree with D1 - locals generally do not give away to vehicles with flashing lights. IMO part of the reason is the number of cowboy vehicles masquerading as emergency vehicles. Those crappy old pick ups disguised as volunteer ambulances are main culprits and terrifying in the way they charge around.

    Another factor may be that different colored lights are used randomly. In most countries blue lights indicate police and red lights identify emergency vehicles. Here you have red and blue flashing together, sometimes with orange lights thrown in so who knows what the vehicle is.

  • bluebottle

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    Discussion 3 : 11 Nov 2012 at 20.353

    Tragic however it dose not surprise me seeing the very bad driving techniques demonstrated by the majority of drivers in the country and that is putting it mildly.

  • Rex

    Discussion 2 : 11 Nov 2012 at 19.432

    I have been in an ambulance in Vietnam. Of itself a life threatening experience. Given what I have seen of the Thai driving style of emergency vehicles (anything with flashing lights for that matter) I am moved to question if this was an accident or a result of speed, which is not accidental. Lives tragically lost through a life saving vehicle? You don't have to be dead to be stiff.
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  • pointoffew

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    Discussion 1 : 11 Nov 2012 at 19.131

    It seems to be common and generally accepted practice in Thailand not to give way to ambulances with lights and sirens, something I have never seen anywhere else on earth.

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