Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 5:07:48 GMT 7
At no point did I lose consciousness.
Instead, I remember the confusion with clarity. One minute, everything is normal - the next, the world is turning upside down at such a pace that my brain can’t keep up and everything starts to swirl around.
The collision came out of nowhere. One of Bangkok’s commuter minivans - notorious death traps - ran a red light and smashed into the taxi I was in.
Our car skidded onto a curb then flipped over. Looking at the crushed remains a few minutes after I crawled out of a shattered window, I could barely believe I’d survived.
I was truly lucky - in the streets of Thailand, the second deadliest in the world, many don’t.
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) survey, Thailand has a road fatality rate of 36.2 deaths per 100,000 people - coming second to only Libya.
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www.aljazeera.com/blogs/asia/2016/01/thailand-tackles-deadly-days-160105084458250.html
Instead, I remember the confusion with clarity. One minute, everything is normal - the next, the world is turning upside down at such a pace that my brain can’t keep up and everything starts to swirl around.
The collision came out of nowhere. One of Bangkok’s commuter minivans - notorious death traps - ran a red light and smashed into the taxi I was in.
Our car skidded onto a curb then flipped over. Looking at the crushed remains a few minutes after I crawled out of a shattered window, I could barely believe I’d survived.
I was truly lucky - in the streets of Thailand, the second deadliest in the world, many don’t.
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) survey, Thailand has a road fatality rate of 36.2 deaths per 100,000 people - coming second to only Libya.
Continues
www.aljazeera.com/blogs/asia/2016/01/thailand-tackles-deadly-days-160105084458250.html
