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Post by parrot » February 29, 2016, 7:42 pm

A 37 year old man, Robert Hallin, died in a motorcycle accident this morning at 4AM. There's not a lot of info on the accident, but it appears the driver hit the wall near the airport.....possibly at the 90degree turn just before the entrance. The man was driving a Honda ZoomerX motorcycle. He died at the scene.
https://www.facebook.com/%E0%B8%82%E0%B ... 144210623/



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Post by parrot » March 1, 2016, 3:11 pm

Here's the original link to the accident:
https://www.facebook.com/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B ... 639130208/

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Post by haggis087 » March 1, 2016, 10:14 pm

Very sad and tragic loss of a young life. Condolences to his family and friends.

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Post by vlad » March 2, 2016, 1:45 am

Sadly I cannot see a helmet anywhere.

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Post by maaka » March 2, 2016, 5:21 am

tragic...
brand new car licence, not even a month old..
not the first, and not the last..
RIP buddy..

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Post by Lone Star » March 2, 2016, 10:13 am

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Post by bumper » March 2, 2016, 5:50 pm

That makes two this week, one in loie as well. I ride them I know it[s dangerous I try to make the least amount of mistakes as possible. But I fall as well in my case when I'm going real slow.

The one in Loie speed related. Haven't looked at this one yet.
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Post by vlad » March 2, 2016, 10:04 pm

Impact against a solid object at speed or slow no head protection sadly only 1 winner. Please all members even if popping down the 7/11 wear a helmet fastened.

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Post by bumper » March 3, 2016, 7:12 pm

Not a bad idea my friend. You don't when where it will happen. Min so far I haven't slid in non movable objects. Even if you just slide that helmets is needed.
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Post by parrot » March 4, 2016, 7:31 pm

City officials were out inspecting the curvy road that passes by the airport.......the article mentions several accidents occurring in that area, especially after dark and late at night. The article mentions a 35 year old Swiss man who lost his life after he hit a wall while driving a motorcycle in the area on 26 Feb. No name given, but probably the same as mentioned above.
https://www.facebook.com/udon.today.news

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Post by Alchai » March 4, 2016, 8:15 pm

I had a feeling this might be a Swedish guy. The surname Hallin is Swedish so I googled a bit and found a facebook account "In Memory of Robert Hallin". Seems he leaves a 3 year old daughter behind in Udon. The facebook account has been opened to raise money for his daughters future education. RIP Robert
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Post by parrot » March 4, 2016, 8:21 pm

My apology......the article says he's Swedish, not Swiss. My mistake.

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Post by Alchai » March 4, 2016, 9:03 pm

If he had only lived as he learned :cry:
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Post by Khun Paul » March 5, 2016, 6:05 am

parrot wrote:City officials were out inspecting the curvy road that passes by the airport.......the article mentions several accidents occurring in that area, especially after dark and late at night. The article mentions a 35 year old Swiss man who lost his life after he hit a wall while driving a motorcycle in the area on 26 Feb. No name given, but probably the same as mentioned above.
https://www.facebook.com/udon.today.news
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RIP young man .

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Post by noosard » March 5, 2016, 10:46 am

At 4pm that road is chaos with the airport, the school and evening market
All sorts of traffic hazards

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Post by Drunk Monkey » March 5, 2016, 12:28 pm

noosard wrote:At 4pm that road is chaos with the airport, the school and evening market
All sorts of traffic hazards
Very true ..a combination of the school traffic , The evening market , the airport and a 7/11 with a dangerous u turn right out side make for chaotic scenes most tea time/early evenings ...add on the crazy sharp left hander at the end of the road just to compound things .

Having just seen the face book page posted by Alchai i recall 2 weeks ago chatting with Robert in the water offices at Nong Prajak whilst waiting to pay bills we commented on how busy the place was yet the service was very quick , he was with his daughter.

Such a waste of a young life , seemed like a real nice guy ...RIP .
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Post by faranginUTH » March 5, 2016, 1:51 pm

noosard wrote:At 4pm that road is chaos with the airport, the school and evening market
All sorts of traffic hazards
true but
"A 37 year old man, Robert Hallin, died in a motorcycle accident this morning at 4AM."

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Post by parrot » March 7, 2016, 4:50 pm

The accident took place several hundred meters before the 90 degree turn, as you're heading on the 2 lane road toward the 4 lane airport road.
City workers have since painted raised white lines on the road just before the curve where the accident took place.
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Post by redwolf » March 7, 2016, 8:34 pm

I think we went down this road last night after landing at Udon International, -does someone have a small map of the general danger area?

It's hard to establish from just the news texts.

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Post by parrot » March 7, 2016, 9:21 pm

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