Driver charged over fatal Samkong accident

PHUKET CITY: Lanju Saechiw, the driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal head-on collision with a tuk-tuk in Samkong on February 14, has been charged with reckless driving resulting in a death.

Tuk-tuk driver Payao Junjue and passenger Eero Untamo Malim, from Finland, died in the collision in front of the popular Steak Samkong restaurant on Yaowarat Rd.

Two other passengers in the tuk-tuk were injured in the accident.

Phuket Police Station Investigator Capt Sarit Butnongsang told the Gazette; “I have sent this case to the Phuket Provincial Court. It is now up to the court to decide [whether K. Lanju is guilty].”