Motorcycle Crash Kills Grade 10 Student, Injures Two Others
A Grade 10 student died and two others were injured when a motorcycle collided with a reversing pickup truck at a U-turn in Phra Phrom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat on August 16.
At 8:30 p.m. on August 16, Deputy Superintendent Weeraphong Buntob of Phra Phrom Police Station in Nakhon Si Thammarat, along with hospital doctors and rescue personnel, investigated a pickup truck collision with a motorcycle at a U-turn near Mango Tree (Mango All You Can) in Tambon Chang Sai, Phra Phrom District. One person was killed and two sustained serious injuries.
Police found the body of Narawat (surname withheld), 16, lying on the road near a heavily damaged red Honda motorcycle. The two injured were transported to Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital. The pickup truck, a bronze-silver Toyota with Phuket registration, had its left-side door damaged and was parked along the roadside.
The pickup driver reported that he was reversing at the U-turn when he was struck hard by the oncoming motorcycle, causing fatalities and injuries.
Investigations revealed that Narawat was a Grade 10 student at a school in Phra Phrom District. Before the accident, he was riding the motorcycle with three friends aboard, traveling from Nakhon Si Thammarat city toward school. When they reached the accident site, the pickup truck was reversing at the U-turn at close range, causing the motorcycle to collide violently. The pickup driver has been taken into custody for interrogation and legal proceedings.
