Motorcyclist Dies After Overtaking Truck, Hit by Oncoming Bike
A 23-year-old woman died after colliding with an oncoming motorcycle while overtaking a truck in Phra Pradaeng, falling under the truck's wheels.
At 8:00 PM on November 2, 2026, Pol. Lt. Col. Pannaphatsorn Khumkhiam, Deputy Inspector (Investigation) of Samrong Tai Police Station, Samut Prakan, received a report of a fatal motorcycle collision in Soi Wat Bang Phra, Bang Phra subdistrict, Phra Pradaeng district, Samut Prakan. Officers rushed to the scene along with rescuers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation.
The two-lane road showed a fallen Honda motorcycle nearby the body of a 23-year-old woman from Chaiyaphum province, lying face down next to the trailer truck's wheels about 50 meters from the bike. Another motorcycle was present, its 33-year-old female rider in shock.
Witnesses stated the victim had been following the trailer truck when she accelerated to overtake on the right just as the other motorcycle approached from the opposite direction. The two motorcycles collided, causing the victim to fall under the truck where the wheels ran over her, killing her instantly.
Authorities have sent the body to the hospital and are urgently investigating, including reviewing closed-circuit camera footage to determine the exact cause, before releasing the body to the family for religious rites.
