Two people were killed and a 53-year-old woman seriously injured after a saloon car crashed into a central reservation barrier on the Cha-am-Pran Buri bypass road in Phetchaburi province on Friday morning. The metal barrier pierced through the vehicle from the front windscreen to the rear, leaving the car severely damaged.
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Police from Cha-am Police Station were alerted to the crash at around 08.00 on 29 May 2026. Emergency responders from Sawang Sanphet Rescue Foundation, Cha-am Highway Rescue and Cha-am Hospital rushed to the scene on the inbound carriageway towards Bangkok near kilometre marker 18+100 in Sam Phraya subdistrict, Cha-am district.
The crash occurred shortly before the U-turn point near Chang Thaeng Kradat intersection. Officers found a white Bangkok-registered saloon car lodged into the steel median barrier, which had penetrated the length of the vehicle.
Two occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. One was a man who had been driving the car. Inside the vehicle, officers found a Ministry of Public Health doctor’s coat bearing the name Dr Phaithaya Suebsing, who is believed to have been the deceased driver. A second victim, a woman seated in the front passenger seat, also died at the scene. Her identity has not yet been confirmed.
Rescue workers also found an injured woman trapped in the rear seat. She was identified as La-orntip Phranphanas, aged 53. Emergency crews used extraction rescue equipment to free her from the wreckage before transferring her to Cha-am Hospital with serious injuries.
Pictures courtesy of ThaiRath
Police investigators are continuing to examine the cause of the crash and will gather further evidence from the scene. The bodies of the deceased will undergo formal identification procedures as part of the ongoing investigation.
ThaiRath reported that the crash caused disruption on the bypass road while emergency services cleared the wreckage and secured the area. Authorities have not yet released further details on the circumstances leading up to the collision.
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Adapted by ASEAN Now ThaiRath 30 May 2026