Road accident drill causes real death
published : 16 Dec 2019 at 11:55
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
A road accident drill went terribly wrong, leading to the death of a woman motorcyclist, in Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday.
The road drill followed a visit by the Deputy Interior Minister, who laid down his road safety policy for the New Year holiday at the Phimai district office on Sunday.
In the afternoon local district and health officials, and rescue workers organised a road accident response exercise on the highway.
Traffic police closed one side of the road, and opposing flows of vehicles were directed to use the other side.
Tragically, this led to a collision between a motorcycle and a sugarcane truck pulling a trailer.
The woman motorcyclist was run over and crushed to death, and her male companion seriously injured.
The safety drill was being held on a busy road where motorists tend to drive fast -- exceptsugarcane trucks.
Vocabulary
- crush: to press something so hard that it breaks into very small pieces - กด บีบอัด
- drill: an activity which practises a particular skill and often involves repeating the same thing several times - การฝึกหัด
- except: not including -
- interior minister: the minister with responsibility over the Royal Thai Police, local administrations, internal security, citizenship, disaster management, land management, issuing national identity cards and public works - รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงมหาดไทย
- opposing: working, fighting, etc. against each other - ซึ่งต่อต้าน
- rescue worker: a person who save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
- response: a reaction to something that has happened or been said - การตอบสนอง
- tragically: causing or involving great sadness, because someone suffers or dies - น่าสลดใจ
- trailer: a truck, or a container with wheels, that is pulled by another vehicle - รถพ่วง
