Sidecar motorcycle collides with sedan near Pattaya
A blue Honda Wave sidecar motorcycle collided with a sedan on Road 331 near Pattaya yesterday morning.
The motorcycle, laden with plastic bottles, bore the brunt of the impact, its sidecar mangled beyond recognition, and shards of glass strewn across the scene. The driver, identified as 64 year old Suk Aoykam, suffered grave injuries, including a ghastly head wound and an almost severed leg, prompting swift intervention from rescue volunteers of the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation.
As emergency responders rushed Suk to the hospital for urgent treatment, attention turned to the other vehicle involved: a white Toyota Cross sedan, driven by 39 year old Kuwaiti tourist, Mohammad Fmaalsaad. The sedan displayed visible damage to its left front side, bearing witness to the violent collision that had transpired.
Eyewitness accounts shed light on the harrowing sequence of events leading up to the crash. According to 43 year old Keng Muangpan who was at the scene, the sidecar motorcycle, initially traversing the left lane, attempted a perilous U-turn into the right lane. However, a fatal misjudgment saw the motorcycle inadvertently cut across the path of the oncoming Toyota Cross, setting the stage for the devastating impact that followed, reported Pattaya News.
Amidst the chaos, Fmaalsaad cooperated with authorities but remained tight-lipped in the aftermath, declining to provide a statement to the press.
In related news, a 54 year old Welsh occupational therapist from Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taff suffered a motorcycle accident in Thailand that left him paralysed from the waist down. The irony is not lost on the Welshman, who spent his career aiding disabled individuals to live independently, and now faces a similar struggle himself.
In other news, a motorcyclist collided with the rear of a water truck and was killed instantly on February 2 on the Nong Chak-Phanat Nikhom road. The motorcyclist was found dead at the scene, with his Yamaha MT-15 bike lying in a wreck nearby.
