Pickup Truck Crosses Median, Hits Oncoming Vehicle, Two Dead
Two pickup trucks were seen racing before one crossed the median and collided with an oncoming vehicle in Chonburi on 10 October 2026. The crash killed two people and injured two others, including a man who was on his way home for a long holiday to see his child. Police are investigating the incident and have secured evidence from the scene.
According to witness Phoorat Chuaphet, he was driving from Phanom Nikhom with an employee‑transport songthaew ahead when he saw two pickup trucks following each other at high speed, appearing to race. As they reached the scene, one pickup lost control, crossed the median and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
Police Lieutenant Kittivet Ngasuwan, investigator at Phanom Nikhom Police Station, together with rescue volunteers from Ban Tung Yang, received the report of the collision at the U‑turn point behind Saeid, Ban Saeid subdistrict, Phanom Nikhom district, Chonburi, and proceeded to inspect. At the crash site they found a white Isuzu D‑max used as a songthaew for employee transport, its front end heavily damaged; the driver, identified as Nattharin, aged 30, was injured. Nearby lay another white Isuzu D‑max four‑door pickup with severe damage to the driver’s side front and door. Inside this vehicle was Natthida, aged 34, seated on the front left, also injured. Two occupants were pronounced dead: Natthawut, aged 41, the driver of the second pickup, and Nantika, aged 25, a rear‑seat passenger and niece of the deceased.
Rescue workers said they rushed to the scene after the alert, found victims trapped inside the vehicles, called for hydraulic rescue equipment, and transferred the two injured to Phanom Nikhom Hospital. Medical staff confirmed the two fatalities.
Colleagues of the deceased later arrived and said the victims had been preparing to drive home to Surin province after the factory’s long‑holiday break, intending to see their children, but were killed before reaching home.
Police also reported recovering a wallet containing about 100,000 baht in cash, believed to belong to the victims, which has been retained as evidence. They will examine nearby CCTV footage to establish the exact cause of the accident and pursue any legal action.
