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[Beer Chang]

Late last night my teerak was walking by Friendship supermarket and saw a farang showing off driving very fast and doing wheelies on his motorcycle. Seconds later she heard a loud crash and fire by Tuk Com. She found out today the driver is dead. Hope no one else got injured.

[lvdkeyes]

Was there something in the newspaper about it? Who was he?

[Beer Chang]

Have no idea LVD. Just something my teerak saw at about 2 in the morning, would not have made the papers yet, an exclusive ThailandVisa scoop.

[Wino]

Booze and bikes do not mix. Hope he did not kill an innocent bystander.

[Beer Chang]

I also assume the guy was drunk but really have no idea. Honestly, I don't feel much compassion for him because he is putting innocent lives at risk.

[lvdkeyes]

I still haven't seen any news article about it.

[Beer Chang]

Not sure what the criteria is to make Pattaya Mail and other such sources but I guess a bike crash where the driver dies and no other casualties doesn't make the cut.

[lvdkeyes]

You would think that would be newsworthy.

[Bob]

lvdkeyes, on 18 January 2010 - 12:42 AM, said:

You would think that would be newsworthy.

Especially if their ace reporter/photographer can get some really gross photos of a body wrapped around a street sign or something. I've always been fascinated by the different cultural views of various countries. Thai culture doesn't cotton nudity on the beach (which would look a heck of a lot better here than seeing the elderly and bloated bodies on nude or semi-nude beaches in Europe, for example)or public displays of affection (it's still rare to see young Thais kissing in public or even holding hands - although that later taboo is slowly going away); yet, they print photos in main-line newspapers that would rarely be shown in the west (other than, perhaps, in some of the worst rag sheets). Come to think of it, Thai movies weirdly are a bit more gorier than what one typically sees in the West too.

[Wino]

This is probably not the incident your teerack saw Beer Chang, but here is a news story from The Nation of a motorcycle death on Pattaya Tai Road. One has to be very careful in Pattaya.

Pattaya, Chon Buri - A German tourist described as being drunk clashed his motorcycle against that of an Italian tourist who was killed here early Sunday morning.

Police said Davide Tomast, 29, died of head injuries in the accident that happened on a soi off South Pattaya Road at 5:30 am.

Raimund Norbert, 38, was severely injured and rushed to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital.

Police quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Tomast was riding his motorcycle out of the soi when Norbert, who appeared drunk, rode into the side with very fast speed and clashed into Tomast's motorcycle.

Police will take Norbert into custody once he is discharged from the hospital.

http://www.nationmul...rely-injured-in-

[Beer Chang]

Nation loads very slow for me so gave up.

But the timing is wrong so a different incident.

Kind of surpised that a Bangkok paper would be reporting Pattaya accidents though.

[Wino]

Not sure why The Nation is reporting Pattaya's accidents. I guess it was a slow news day.