Tragic Phuket Accident: Dutch Motorcyclist Loses Control on Curve, Collides with Van; French Female Passenger Thrown from Road and Dies
A Dutch motorcyclist lost control on a Phuket curve and collided head-on with a van, throwing his French female passenger onto the road where she died from her injuries on May 6.
On May 6 at 8:30 p.m., police from Karon Station in Phuket received a report of a collision between a van and motorcycle with injuries near the Holiday Inn curve on Patuk Road, Karon Subdistrict, Phuket City. At the scene, officers found a damaged van (license plate 31-8557, Phuket) driven by Somyos Thammavatana, and a motorcycle (license plate 1 KDT 8808, Bangkok) ridden by Mr. Lauzon Ismail Talal, a Dutch national, with Miss Sabrina Nathalie Amelie, a French national, as a passenger. Both sustained serious injuries and were taken to Patong Hospital.
Initial investigation and security camera footage revealed that the motorcycle lost control on the curve, crossed into the opposing lane, and collided head-on with the van. The impact threw the French female passenger from the vehicle onto the road. Patong Hospital later confirmed that the French woman had died from her injuries.
