Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash; Wife Learns News via Video Call
A 63-year-old security guard died in a motorcycle crash with a van in Ayutthaya Province on August 20; his wife learned of his death when police answered his phone during a video call from their home.
At 6:00 a.m. on August 20, 2025, Deputy Superintendent Sinsawat Phonchaliaw of Uthai Police Station in Ayutthaya Province received a report of a van colliding with a motorcycle that left one person dead. The motorcycle caught fire on Rural Road 2045, the Asia-Uthai route, behind the Rojana Industrial Park in Thanu Subdistrict, Ayutthaya. Officers arrived to find a Honda Wave motorcycle registered in Ayutthaya completely burned out, approximately 50 meters away from a white employee transport van with collision damage to the front left side, broken headlights, crushed bumper, and cracked windshield.
Near the wreckage, officers found the body of 63-year-old Sodsai (surname withheld), a resident of Ban Mai Subdistrict, Ayutthaya, who died at the scene with severe head injuries. His helmet lay nearby.
During the investigation, a video call came through on the deceased's phone. His wife was calling to find out why he had not returned to their accommodation. Officers answered and informed her that her husband had died in an accident. The moment was deeply moving for all present, as the wife initially did not know of his death and was anxiously asking about his condition.
Coworkers revealed that Sodsai worked as a security guard and was renting a room near his workplace, about 500 meters from the accident site. He had just finished his shift and was riding home to the dormitory as usual. One coworker had passed the accident scene but did not realize it was Sodsai. When the coworker returned to the room and noticed Sodsai was missing, he called the wife, who said her husband had not come home to Bang Bai Subdistrict. The coworker then rushed back to the accident site and called Sodsai multiple times before officers answered and informed him that Sodsai had died.
When Sodsai's wife and daughter arrived at Uthai Hospital and saw his body, they embraced him and cried with grief, saying, "Father, please rest in peace. This should not have happened." The moment deeply affected the rescue workers and all present.
Sodsai did not live with his wife because he rented a room near his workplace to work as a security guard, while she remained at home. On weekends, she would visit him at the dormitory and do his laundry. His wife had repeatedly asked him to quit the job and live together at home, but he wished to continue working.
Investigators examined and photographed the accident site in detail. Both the motorcycle and van were traveling from Uthai Subdistrict on the same route along Asia Road, which carries opposing traffic. Sodsai was turning right to enter the rural road heading back to his dormitory, less than 500 meters away, at the same moment the van was traveling in the opposite direction.
