Another sleeping while driving incident

[daimengrui]

BOLINAO, Pangasinan - Ten Korean nationals died when their van rammed into the concrete wall of a warehouse along the national highway in Barangay Sampaloc here past noon yesterday, police said.
Senior Inspector Rizaldy Dalope, Bolinao police chief, told The STAR in a phone interview that only the driver was initially identified as Su K. Lee while the rest remained unidentified as their belongings were scattered in the scene of the accident.
A witness said the van was speeding amid the heavy downpour and was believed to have encountered mechanical trouble.
Four of the fatalities were females, one of them about six years old, while the rest were males aged 20 to 40.
The victims were rushed to the Sampaloc Community Hospital here but attending physicians declared six of them dead on arrival.
Rescuers tried to revive three others at the accident site but they eventually died, while another one died while being rushed to the Alaminos Doctors Hospital in Barangay Bolaney, Alaminos City.
Dalope said they have contacted the Korean Association in Baguio City to help police identify the fatalities, who reportedly came from the summer capital en route to Alaminos City where they were to be billeted at the Garden Paradise Resort. - Eva Visperas (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

Sleeping while driving has been increasing as of late.
Might also be caused by poor tires not fit for the rainy days.

[Innova_Boy]

Hyundai Van ba gamit nila?

[daimengrui]

Yes it was a hyundai and it was driven by one of them. so puro korean laman ng van

[aga_cruz]

aray sakit

[ChevyChaser]

Sleeping while driving has been increasing as of late.
Might also be caused by poor tires not fit for the rainy days.

Didn't read anything about the driver sleeping or accident due to bad tires. Anyway, as far as i know, only F1 cars use RAIN TIRES (Threaded) for wet race course and SLEEKS ( no threads) for DRY Course.

The report said someone witnessed they were speeding amid a heavy downpour and was believed to have encountered a mechanical problem.

If this witness was correct, then we now have the root cause of the accident.

1. They were speeding. Road may have been slippery. Low traction on tires.
2. There was a heavy downpour. Visibility not good even with wiper speed at high.
3. Vehicle was a Van. Difficult to control at high speeds on wet road.
4. There were 10 people on board. A 6 y.o. girl and 9 adults. Stability at high speed is affected.
5. Hand of God.

In summary, driver was over confident that he could handle a van loaded to max capacity at high speed on wet road in poor visibility. What he could not handle was the CONCRETE WALL.

[roninblade]

baket sleeping while driving yung thread title?
wala naman mention sa article about the driver sleeping ah.

[Gen. Miting]

maybe the other 9 victims died on their sleep

[CVT]

RIP.

Malabo yata ang title at ang comment ng TS compared to the news article....

6610:secret:

[chua_riwap]

Hindi naman siguro natutulog.......

Ganun lang talaga mata ng mga Koreano.

[Zeus]

Hindi naman siguro natutulog.......

Ganun lang talaga mata ng mga Koreano.

Imbes na malulungkot ako, napapatawa ako dito e