Thread: Police Report 11 People Burned Alive in Passenger Van Crash

Police report an LNG-powered passenger van crashed into the median ditch and burst into flames, killing eleven people, including the driver, in northeastern Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima province.


The accident happened around 9.30 p.m. on the Bangkok-bound side of the highway in the Si Khiu district of Nakhon Ratchasima.


An initial police investigation revealed that the Amnat Charoen-registered Toyota van was carrying the driver and 11 passengers. We were on our way from Amnat Charoen to Nakhon Pathom province.

The van veered sideways between km 99 and 100, colliding with the metal railing and crashing into the ditch in the median strip. The LNG-powered van then caught fire.


Nikom Sae Oun, leader of the Hook 31 rescue unit at Mo Chabok in the nearby Si Khiu district, said he rushed to the scene after hearing a loud explosion and found the van engulfed in flames. A passenger was seen attempting to exit the van.


A fire engine arrived quickly and extinguished the fire. However, 11 people, including the driver, were killed in the van. Thanachit Kingkaew, 20, was identified as the passenger who narrowly escaped death. He was taken to Si Khiu Hospital for treatment.

Governor Saksayam Sirimongkol arrived at the accident scene to inspect the damage. He later visited the survivor at the hospital.


Police said they are investigating the cause of the accident.

Police Report 11 People Burned Alive In Passenger Van Crash

Jeepers. Emergency window not working?

Sole Survivor of Minivan Fire that Burned 11 People Alive in Nakhon Ratchasima Tells His Story

The only survivor who could escape a minivan inferno that killed 11 people, including two children, came out to tell his horrific true story.

The survivor, Mr. Thanachit Kingkaew, a 20-year-old student, was only slightly injured by the accident.

He told Thai media: “I was asleep and then woke up because I heard someone scream.”


“The van was already upside down, and I did not see what happened.”

Thanachit stated that the situation was catastrophic, and he saw a fire catching up from the back of the van.


“I began to kick the glass windows and clawed my way out, and shortly after, the van exploded 3-4 times.”


He said he could not help anybody and was shocked after being told that he was the only survivor.


12 people were on board the van.

Thanachit stated that he thought the driver survived because he saw him also clawing out of the van, but he was unfortunately among the 11 casualties.


The survivor’s mother, Mrs. Sirichan Asavapoom, visited her son at Sikhio Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima and was relieved.


She said she would have her son ordained as a monk to offer merit to all victims who passed away.


UPDATE: Sole Survivor of Minivan Fire that Burned 11 People Alive in Nakhon Ratchasima Tells His Story - The Pattaya News

A tired driver piloting a minivan fuelled by pressurised gas stored in a tank poorly fitted inside a vehicle with only one door that becomes inoperable in the event of an accident.

What could possibly go wrong.

Anybody who has driven in thailand will have seen these vans hurtling down the roads with little regard for the safety of either their passengers or other road users.