From a terrible accident, a passenger van not regularly picking up passengers from Amnat Charoen Province heading to Bangkok crashed into a rail guard railing in the middle of Mittraphap Road at km 100, Ban Mor Ja Bok, Mittraphap Subdistrict, Sikhiu District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. There was a fire in a freshly grilled car, the driver and passengers totaled 11 bodies, with one survivor, Mr. Thanachit Kingkaew, 20, kicking the car door glass and narrowly escaping the flames. The incident occurred on the night of January 21, initially assuming the cause of the driver falling asleep.
Progress on January 23, Pol. Col. Yongyot Poldet, Superintendent of the Sikhiew Police Station, revealed that he still had to wait for the results of the forensics of the Provincial Police Region 3 and wait for the results of the car inspection from the office. Transport Nakhon Ratchasima Province To confirm the cause of the accident until the car fire From preliminary information, it is known that the van uses 2 fuel systems, benzene and CNG gas. There are no cracks or damage caused by collisions in the gas tank. The cause of the fire is believed to have been a crash that caused fuel to leak. together with the van rubbing against the steel rail until a spark appeared I would like to publicize the event to the people driving through the time of the accident with a front camera recording the incident to give evidence at the Sikhiu Police Station for the benefit of a comprehensive investigation of this case.
At the same time, Ms. Manee Waiyaphat, director of the OIC in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Mr. Rangsarit Worasiha, Transport in Nakhon Ratchasima Province with witnesses Came to inspect the remains of the burnt van again to find more evidence. along with facilitating the deceased’s relatives in preparing documents for receiving compensation from Act and Accident Insurance For the 10 passengers who died, each person will receive 1,100,000 baht, while Mr. Wanchai Sevapop, the driver who died, will receive a total compensation of 135,000 baht.
At Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Police Station in the afternoon, Pol. Maj. Gen. Itthipol Nakkham, Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Police Chief, revealed that from the investigation of the testimony of surviving witnesses, surrounding witnesses and preliminary evidence, there was still no evidence that the accident had occurred. Occurs in connection with another person Both about driving a car, colliding with each other or driving in front of each other, in addition, no traces of car braking were found at the scene of the accident. Including checking the GPS system, it did not find that the van had an accident driving at any speed. At the time of the accident, he was driving at a speed of 87 kilometers per hour only. Causing to expect that this accident may have been caused by the driver falling asleep, however, will have to wait for the results of the investigation to collect detailed evidence again to conclude the exact cause
Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Police Commissioner further revealed that the initial cause of the van fire was believed to have been caused by the car crashing into a steel rail and fuel leaking out. In addition, the van traveled for a long time, causing heat to accumulate until sparks engulfed. From the inspection of 3 CNG gas tanks installed in the car. Officers did not find any signs of abnormalities and cracks.
the same morning A convoy of 5 rescue vans belonging to the Buddhatham 31 Foundation (Hook 31), Nakhon Ratchasima, picked up the bodies of 11 people who had died from the accident from Sikhiu Hospital to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Police Hospital for identity verification. DNA testing against relatives All relatives of the deceased traveled together. Arrived at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Police Hospital at 12:30 p.m. The atmosphere was filled with sorrow.
Mr. Suradej Onkham, 41, a furniture worker who lost his wife and 7-year-old daughter from this horrific accident, revealed through tears that the incident was unbearable. daughter is a good student like to study I only wanted to go to school. After the incident, one day my daughter had an infatuation with the staff of the Buddhadhamma Foundation 31, who told me that she wanted to wear a school uniform. For the most part, he and his wife and children always use their own cars to travel around. His wife and daughter followed him back in a van, but both died in an accident. What surprised him was that important documents were not burnt.
Mr. Sahachart Limcharoenpakdee The president of the Petchkasem Foundation said that the forensic doctor initially said that he would accelerate the identification of the person as soon as possible. After knowing the DNA results of all 11 deceased bodies, they will be notified immediately. For most of the deceased’s bodies were all similarly charred by fire. When the results of the DNA test prove the identity of the person and confirm who the corpse is. Willing to let their refrigerated truck come to move the body back to perform religious ceremonies to the domicile without any charge At the same time, having a group of relatives set up a Line group to receive information, follow the progress after confirming the identity, ready to go and receive the relatives of the deceased to sign documents to receive the body for religious ceremonies at their hometown