Singaporean dies after car hits elephant

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Singaporean dies after car hits elephant in Thailand

The Nation/Asia News Network

Thursday, Mar 13, 2014

THAILAND - A total of six people and an elephant were killed yesterday when a Pajero crashed into three wild elephants crossing Ban Beung-Klaeng Road at 4am yesterday in Rayong's Wang Chan district.

One of the victims was identified as Singaporean Jonathan Bowen Lim. Three elephants were injured but a male later succumbed to injuries.

The Pajero carrying four people crashed into the elephants, killing two of its passengers at the scene.

While rescue workers were using heavy machines to remove the injured victims from the wrecked vehicle, a six-wheel truck slowed down to watch the rescue and a tailing Toyota Vigo pickup ran into its rear. The pickup truck driver was instantly killed and three others wounded.

Two injured passengers from the Pajero and a passenger of the pickup were later pronounced dead in hospital.

DNP deputy director general Theerapat Prayurasiddhi said the injured elephants would be sent for medical treatment at Kasetsart University's Kamphaengsaen campus or Khao Khiew Khao Chompu Wildlife Sanctuary.

Meanwhile, the owner of a female domesticated elephant that died last year in official care, has filed a lawsuit in the Civil Court for Bt2.5 million in compensation from the state natural resources and wildlife protection agency.

The civil court will hold the first hearing of this case on May 19.

The elephant named "Tang Mo" was three years and eight months old when it died of unknown causes.

Natiwin Amornsin, owner of the young elephant, said his compensation lawsuit was the first of its kind against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.

Tang Mo had been seized by the department in 2012 and died last year. "Her death was unusual," Natiwin said.

The department seized the elephant, suspecting it could be classified as a wild elephant. Natiwin was unable to show elephant identification documents for it and the animal was placed in the care of the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre.

Officials, however, took no action against Natiwin as they had insufficient evidence to prove his elephant was a wild one.

He told them he had bought the elephant for Bt790,000 from local sellers in the northeastern province of Buri Ram in 2010, when Tang Mo was two years old.

"I have all documents [needed] to prove that my elephant was domesticated and not a wild elephant," he said.

"No one from the department said sorry to me for the death of my elephant," he added.

The ministry's permanent secretary Chote Trachu said his agency would pay Natiwin's compensation if the court ordered the ministry to do so.

The department's acting director-general, Nipon Chotibal, said according to an internal investigation, no officials were involved in the death of Natiwin's elephant.

"No one neglected their duties in taking care of her," he said.

Surasit Mutusahim, a member of a committee tasked to resolve the problem, said his committee had instructed the government to pay over Bt2 million (S$78,220) for Natiwin as compensation for the death of his elephant in November last year, but so far there had been no progress with the payment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Should've got this.

 

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This is the reason why I always blast my horn when someone slow down to look at crash..... Want to kaypo, stop at road shoulder to help, else just move!

 

Singaporean dies after car hits elephant in Thailand

The Nation/Asia News Network

Thursday, Mar 13, 2014

THAILAND - A total of six people and an elephant were killed yesterday when a Pajero crashed into three wild elephants crossing Ban Beung-Klaeng Road at 4am yesterday in Rayong's Wang Chan district.

One of the victims was identified as Singaporean Jonathan Bowen Lim. Three elephants were injured but a male later succumbed to injuries.

The Pajero carrying four people crashed into the elephants, killing two of its passengers at the scene.

While rescue workers were using heavy machines to remove the injured victims from the wrecked vehicle, a six-wheel truck slowed down to watch the rescue and a tailing Toyota Vigo pickup ran into its rear. The pickup truck driver was instantly killed and three others wounded.

Two injured passengers from the Pajero and a passenger of the pickup were later pronounced dead in hospital.

DNP deputy director general Theerapat Prayurasiddhi said the injured elephants would be sent for medical treatment at Kasetsart University's Kamphaengsaen campus or Khao Khiew Khao Chompu Wildlife Sanctuary.

Meanwhile, the owner of a female domesticated elephant that died last year in official care, has filed a lawsuit in the Civil Court for Bt2.5 million in compensation from the state natural resources and wildlife protection agency.

The civil court will hold the first hearing of this case on May 19.

The elephant named "Tang Mo" was three years and eight months old when it died of unknown causes.

Natiwin Amornsin, owner of the young elephant, said his compensation lawsuit was the first of its kind against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.

Tang Mo had been seized by the department in 2012 and died last year. "Her death was unusual," Natiwin said.

The department seized the elephant, suspecting it could be classified as a wild elephant. Natiwin was unable to show elephant identification documents for it and the animal was placed in the care of the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre.

Officials, however, took no action against Natiwin as they had insufficient evidence to prove his elephant was a wild one.

He told them he had bought the elephant for Bt790,000 from local sellers in the northeastern province of Buri Ram in 2010, when Tang Mo was two years old.

"I have all documents [needed] to prove that my elephant was domesticated and not a wild elephant," he said.

"No one from the department said sorry to me for the death of my elephant," he added.

The ministry's permanent secretary Chote Trachu said his agency would pay Natiwin's compensation if the court ordered the ministry to do so.

The department's acting director-general, Nipon Chotibal, said according to an internal investigation, no officials were involved in the death of Natiwin's elephant.

"No one neglected their duties in taking care of her," he said.

Surasit Mutusahim, a member of a committee tasked to resolve the problem, said his committee had instructed the government to pay over Bt2 million (S$78,220) for Natiwin as compensation for the death of his elephant in November last year, but so far there had been no progress with the payment.

 

 

 

 

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Moose tested, but not elephant tested.

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This is the reason why I always blast my horn when someone slow down to look at crash..... Want to kaypo, stop at road shoulder to help, else just move!

 

While rescue workers were using heavy machines to remove the injured victims from the wrecked vehicle, a six-wheel truck slowed down to watch the rescue and a tailing Toyota Vigo pickup ran into its rear. The pickup truck driver was instantly killed and three others wounded.

 

 

 

 

 

I share the same sentiments as you. Once, a sonata taxi, braked to a crawl in lane 1! luckily i always kept a safe distance. blasted my horn and the TP who was at the scene also waved the taxi away angrily! a lot of jams can be avoided if not because of these kaypohs..

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I share the same sentiments as you. Once, a sonata taxi, braked to a crawl in lane 1! luckily i always kept a safe distance. blasted my horn and the TP who was at the scene also waved the taxi away angrily! a lot of jams can be avoided if not because of these kaypohs..

 

I love to horn those bugger especially TP are around, hope they get wave to stop at the road side and get some fine, then they can not only buy the accident vehicle number, but also their own number!

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I share the same sentiments as you. Once, a sonata taxi, braked to a crawl in lane 1! luckily i always kept a safe distance. blasted my horn and the TP who was at the scene also waved the taxi away angrily! a lot of jams can be avoided if not because of these kaypohs..

 

I also did horn the driver in front of me for slowing down to look at accident scene when TP is around but the TP didn't take any action. Maybe my horn not loud enough. TP should actually use video to take down those vehicle who slow down to look at accident scene and send them a "love" letter for loving to kaypoh.