Motorcyclist crushed by truck in Thalang
PHOTO: Kusoldharm Foundation
A motorbike passenger has died following an incident with a truck in Thalang this morning.
Thalang Police were notified of the accident on Thepkasattri Road southbound in Mueang Mai, Thalang.
Police and rescue workers arrived to find the body of a woman, identified by police as Boonnam Thepnui from Pattalung. Her body was taken to the Thalang Hospital.
A motorbike on the road and a truck waiting were found at the scene.
Thalang Police report that the truck, whose driver was Nikorn Pakpoe from Surat Thani, was heading from Thalang towards Phuket Town. The motorbike, whose driver was Kamron Tampueak from Krabi with Ms Boonnam, were heading from the same way. Kamron sustained only minor injuries in the incident.
The truck slightly tapped the motorbike and the motorbike fell down on the road. Ms Boonnam was crushed under the truck and died at the scene.
Police are further investigating the incident.
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