Driver in Near-Miss with Actor Kai-Haru's Children Dies in Accident
Actor Kai Ratchanon jumped in front of a speeding pickup truck to shield his three children at a Samut Songkhram market in April. The driver, his brother-in-law, died in a separate motorcycle accident the following month.
Police have revealed new details in the near-miss incident at Rom Hub market in Muang District, Samut Songkhram, which went viral on social media. Actor Kai Ratchanon jumped in front of a speeding pickup truck to shield his three children from harm while crossing the street. A family member later came forward to identify the driver as the actor's brother-in-law, a 40-year-old man with a prosthetic leg. According to the account, the incident occurred in April 2569, when the driver was heading to pick up his wife and newborn from Somdej Phra Phutthaloet Hospital, just 100 meters away. Because the area has an uphill slope, the driver was riding the clutch, which caused the vehicle to roll forward unintentionally toward the group of children—he did not deliberately try to hit them. The brother-in-law has since died in a separate motorcycle accident near Wat Kaew Fa temple in Amphawa in May. His widow now raises their three-month-old child alone.
