Truck crushes motorcycle rider to dying in Phuket

A tragic street death occurred in Phuket after a truck crushed a motorcycle rider‘s head yesterday morning. A Facebook post with a video of the incident by Phuket Info Center read…
“At 10.39am right now (March 23), there was an accident involving a motorcyclist who lost management [of his bike] and fell under the rear wheels of a truck. He was run over by the truck’s wheels and died. The incident took place on the street working alongside Rawai Beach in Rawai sub-district in Phuket’s primary metropolis district.” Pongpan Nakwanit, a rescuer from Ruamjai Foundation, mentioned the rider’s head was fully crushed by the truck’s wheels, causing him to die immediately, The Phuket News reported.
The victim’s physique was transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital. At the scene, the truck driver, fifty eight 12 months outdated Samam Kontha, was interviewed. Chalong Police are persevering with to analyze the tragic incident.
This news comes only three days after one other tragic demise of a motorcycle rider on Tuesday night time.
The motorcycle accident killed a girl and seriously injured a person on Phuket’s Patong-Kamala Road. After an preliminary investigation, police stated the 2 had been driving at a high velocity from Kamala toward Patong when the driving force lost control on a curve. This sent the motorbike flying and carrying the two into massive rocks beside the street.
The Thailand Road Safety Committee (ThaiRSC) reported in January that as many as 939,713 street accidents have been reported in Thailand last 12 months, up 4.7% from 2021. Road accidents killed 14,737 people, and injured 924,799 last yr, ThaiRSC mentioned. The committee reported that 536 deaths and seven,885 accidents had been among foreigners.
Meanwhile, Plain and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre reported 2,440 road accidents during the annual “7 harmful days” (December 29 to January 4) when folks head to their hometowns to mark the brand new year..

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