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May 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Southwark Coroners Court had earlier heard that the parents of all three boys
had collected information about the huge number of road traffic accidents in
Thailand.
They felt that while there were warnings about motorcycles on the Foreign
Office website there was not enough about the dangers of buses and coaches.
The inquest had earlier heard that the students had not undertaken a great
deal of research into bus travel in the country while their parents said
they were oblivious to the dangers of coaches.
The trio, who were planning to go to University after finishing their A-levels
at the Charter School, in Dulwich, south London, had set off by overnight
bus for the north, planning to go trekking in the hills to visit tribal
villages.
The inquest heard that the Hino tourist bus, which cost about 400-500 baht
(about £5-£10) to travel on, had stopped for a break at a petrol station
five hours into their journey in the early hours of June 28.
A short time later the driver pulled out across the carriageway to continue
the journey but he pulled out in the wrong direction and attempted a U-turn
on the six-lane highway.
The back end of the “very old” coach was left sitting precariously
in the fast lane when another coach crashed into it.
Mr Boomgaarden-Cook, of Brixton, died of a severe head injury, Mr
Melling-Firth, of Southwark, died of multiple injuries, and Mr Quashie, also
of Southwark, died of a head injury.
In a statement, Mr Beagley told the inquest that even if they had known the
dangers they would still have taken the trip.
“I remember thinking the vehicle with lights on coming toward us was
coming very fast, we all commented to each other,” he said.
“All of a sudden that coach crashed into our coach, it happened so quick
we to move out of our seats or brace ourselves.
“I don’t know how but somehow I must have managed to hold on. It was
just the adrenalin kicking in, nothing seemed real, I just wanted get out.”
He added: “I went to turn to my friends and realised they weren’t moving.
I understood immediately they had been killed in the crash.”
They had to clamber over the seats and kick the door open to get out. The
accident killed a Korean passenger and the driver of the other bus and
injured 40 others.
The driver of the bus Chan Noisri has been convicted of five serious offences
including negligent driving causing death and jailed for two years by a Thai
court. The inquest only heard there had been a “successful prosecution”.
Gillian Melling, Bruno’s mother, said she had left the boys to their
preparations and said she had “presumed wrongly” that coaches
would be regulated.
She said figures suggested there were around 12,000 people killed in accidents
each year in Thailand, compared to 3,000 in Britain. She said she wanted the
Foreign Office to “take responsibility for their British citizens”.
Recording narrative verdicts, Dr Harris said he would write to the Foreign
Office to suggest it publishes the same extensive warnings about bus travel
as it does about motorcycle travel in Thailand.
He will also consider whether he has the power to write to the Thai
authorities.
Dr Harris said: “This has been a harrowing and tragic inquest. It’s never
easy to hear an inquest into the deaths of young people.
“It does seem to me to be a reasonable and sensible solution to make that
I could ask the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that if they have any
evidence of unregulated bus travel that they should give the same warning
for bus travel as they do for motorcycles.”
After the hearing, Max’s mother Polly Cook said: “We want them (the
Foreign Office) to update their website to include the fact that the roads
are hugely dangerous.
“We would like the FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) to update its
website to the level that the US does, indicating that it’s extremely
dangerous travelling by road.
“I hope that this will make the Foreign Office put warnings out to travellers
similar to that of the USA and Canada, about travelling on the roads in
Thailand.”
“This was a tragic loss of three young lives, and our thoughts remain with
the family and friends of those who died. Our Travel Advice is kept under
constant review, and the safety of British nationals is of paramount
importance to the FCO.”
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