Chon Buri: Motorbike rider meets tragic end in crash with parked lorry in Bang Lamung

A motorbike rider crashed into the rear of a parked 18-wheel lorry which proved to be fatal in Bang Lamung, Chon Buri yesterday, December 2, at 12.16am. The incident took place on the Pattaya-Rayong bypass road, and the Nong Prue police were immediately alerted.

Upon receiving the distress call, Pattaya rescue teams were promptly dispatched to the scene. The grim sight that greeted them included a crashed motorbike and a lifeless body entangled at the back of the lorry. The lorry, they found, had been parked by its driver on the roadside.

The driver, identified as 51 year old Somchat Panithikul was in the process of transporting scrap to Rayong. He reported his account of the event, stating that he had been prompted to halt his vehicle by an unidentified driver who honked his horn as an accident alert.

It was only when he stepped out to inspect his lorry that he discovered the body of the motorbike rider, Suthat Iamchan, entrapped at the back of his vehicle.

The rescue teams, after careful manoeuvring, were able to extricate the body from the wreckage. The deceased motorbike rider was subsequently confirmed to be Suthat Iamchan.

In an effort to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading up to the accident, the Nong Prue police officers have taken to analysing the CCTV footage from the vicinity. They have pledged to delve into the matter with a thorough investigation to determine the precise cause of this unfortunate incident, reported Pattaya News.

As of the time the news reached the press, the investigation was still in progress.

In related news, on December 1, a rider crashed into a food delivery truck, leading to the death of an unidentified male. The incident happened at 2.30am on the Bang Khaen-Nong Suea Road, near the TU Dome Plaza, in Khlong Luang district, Pathum Thani. The deceased had no identification documents on him, but two tablets of methamphetamine were found in his possession. Read more about this story HERE.