Man and two girls killed when a huge tree crashed into their motorbike in Lampang

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Man and two girls killed when a huge tree crashed into their motorbike

By Thai PBS

 

 

LAMPANG: -- A man, his daughter and a niece were killed when a huge tree was uprooted and crashed into a motorcycle in which they were travelling in Muang Pan district of Lampang Wednesday morning (Sept 6).

 

The adult was identified as Sukim Boontu, 57, a resident of Village 8 in Tambon Hua Muang, Muang Pan district, Lampang13 News Online reported.

 

Police said that Sukim rode his motorcycle with the two girls on the pillion to send them to school.  As they arrived at a bridge spanning across a creek, a huge Pradu tree (Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz) suddenly broke and crashed into trio, instantly killing Sukim.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/man-two-girls-killed-huge-tree-crashed-motorbike/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-09-07

[Thailand]

Dreadful, that is a terrible twist of fate. The area seems fairly open apart from the tree.

RIP

[Deez]

Serious bad luck! RIP to victims

[Foozool]

One of those strange nature acts.

[Proud Father]

Trees like to be in a community, they rely on each other for support from environment, dead fall or widow makers as they call them are another story...RIP, sad for the community...