Thread: Eight relatives killed when their car is crushed between two lorries

Eight people in a passenger car were crushed to death and two others were injured late Thursday night, when the vehicle in which they were travelling was rear-ended by an articulated lorry, pushing it into a stationary lorry.


Emergency workers reported that the passenger car was completely destroyed, as it became crushed between the two lorries on the out-bound side of a motorway in Chon Buri province.


One of the two survivors from the car, a 12-year-old girl, told the police that there were ten of them in the vehicle, on their way to visit her parents in Rayong province.


She said her uncle, the driver, stopped the car behind a lorry, parked on the hard shoulder of the motorway. She and a relative, an 18-year-old woman, got out to fetch a diaper from the boot for a baby inside the car.


Suddenly, another lorry, which was pulling onto the hard shoulder, crashed into their car from behind. The driver of the first lorry said he had stopped the vehicle to have a quick meal with his wife.


Police said the victims included two female toddlers, a 10-year-old boy, four women, and a man. A rescue worker was reportedly moved to tears upon witnessing the scene.

Eight relatives killed when their car is crushed between two

He must have hit it at some speed.

The driver of the first lorry said he had stopped the vehicle to have a quick meal with his wife.

Yeah, that's what motorway hard shoulders are for.

My step-grandson knew one of the survivors. It's a miracle anyone survived.

willy

He must have hit it at some speed.

It could have been a tent sold car that had all the structural integrity of a clown car

Originally Posted by misskit

the driver, stopped the car behind a lorry

It's blindingly obvious - but people often don't stop to consider the obvious - if you ever need to stop on the hard shoulder try to stop in front of a lorry, not behind one.

Most UK drivers understand that the hard shoulder is an extremely dangerous place. Get out of the vehicle and away.

Tragedies like this make me wonder if Fate is unavoidable.

Last year driving south on the M74 there was a white Range Rover Evoque and a Black Merc parked on the hardshoulder with tables and chairs arranged between them and a crowd of Indians having tiffin, the traffic was slowing down to watch the spectacle. bless em

Originally Posted by Shutree

if you ever need to stop on the hard shoulder

The only time you should ever need to is when your car forces you to...period.

I've had to endure the smell of poo and or vomit more than once during a journey until finding a safe place to stop.

Thai news said that the second truck driver fell asleep while driving and hit them at full speed. A crash like that would crush any car, even a Mercedes or a Volvo.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

Last year driving south on the M74 there was a white Range Rover Evoque and a Black Merc parked on the hardshoulder with tables and chairs arranged between them and a crowd of Indians having tiffin, the traffic was slowing down to watch the spectacle. bless em

Where's that sleeping trucker when you need one?