The fatal end to a couple’s romance threw the Thai internet into a frenzy on Thursday.
Lichtsasi Mongkolpornsap and Jessadaporn Buapetch, both 20, were young lovers who passed away in a Sunday car crash. On Thursday, a day after the families revealed their love life following the funeral, details about the pair – specifically their same birthdays – took the internet by storm as netizens mourned the fatality.
“It is known in ancient sayings. Those born on the same day in the same year should not have a life together since luck is not on their side. They will either have it really good or both die,” Facebook user Genjiro Scanner wrote. “My condolences.”
The Sunday car crash in Soi Assumption University seemed another of many fatal car crashes throughout the country, but details surfaced about the couple which made it all the more tragic for the superstitious.
Lichtsasi and Jessadaporn were both born June 5, 1997 near the same time of the day. Both came from single-parent homes, their house addressed ended in a three and both their license plates ended in a 39. The pair also studied in the same class at the faculty of architecture in Assumption University.
They passed away on the same day at the same time. Their joint funeral was held at Wat Chonglom in Chai Nat province.
Netizens called Lichtsasi and Jessadaporn’s life, love and death a bupphesaniwat, or a couple who had been together in past lives and had found each other in the current one. Others said they fell prey to bad karma.
According to loved ones, the couple started dating when Jessadaporn lost his citizen ID card. Lichtsasi found it and returned it to him. The two struck up a conversation about their shared birthdays and the rest was history.
“They were soulmates,” wrote Kung Kee. “They were born and died together. If next lives are real, I hope they find each other again.”
Times comment:-Having just returned from driving around Buriram for thirty minutes or so, I find myself reporting on two car crashes which resulted in the loss of four lives. Whilst I find this really sad, I am not sitting here in disbelief. The fact is, only my driving experience prevented me from being involved in two potentially very serious accidents during my short time on the road.
If today had been an “exceptional” day then I suppose it wouldn’t be so bad. However, the reality is that nearly every time I get in my car, I either see or experience driving of a frighteningly poor and dangerous standard.
The authorities can’t blame alcohol at 9am and they have to get traffic cops patrolling the roads and pull in these idiots who are a danger to themselves and other road users. Yes, it will cost money but if they are really serious about wanting to reduce the number of deaths on the roads, it is the only sensible course of action.
Roadblocks are NOT the answer.
(Source:-Khaosodenglish)