Foreign Phuket hotel staffer dies in motorbike accident

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Foreign Phuket hotel staffer dies in motorbike accident

 

Rescue workers at the scene on Wichit Songkram Rd early last Saturday morning (Dec 12). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A Portuguese man who worked for a hotel in the Surin Beach area died after suffering severe head injuries in a motorbike accident in Kathu over the weekend, police have confirmed.

 

Lt Phirawat Yodtor of the Kathu Police told The Phuket News today that the Portuguese man was Diogo Matos Silva, 35.

 

Mr Silva suffered severe head injuries when he fell from the motorbike he was riding while rounding a curve on Wichit Songkram Rd in the early hours of last Saturday morning (Dec 12).

 

Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/foreign-phuket-hotel-staffer-dies-in-motorbike-accident-78359.php

 

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[Freigeist365]

RIP, Mr. Silva - condolences to family and friends. Just guessing here, but perhaps a helmet could have saved his life - a REAL helmet, not the 99 Baht plastic shells... 

[Spatiumus]

14 hours ago, Freigeist365 said:

RIP, Mr. Silva - condolences to family and friends. Just guessing here, but perhaps a helmet could have saved his life - a REAL helmet, not the 99 Baht plastic shells... 

Just guessing here but perhaps he was wearing the helmet that was reported a being found at the scene?  And maybe it wasn't a B99 one.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Spatiumus

[stevenl]

50 minutes ago, Spatiumus said:

Just guessing here but perhaps he was wearing the helmet that was reported a being found at the scene?  And maybe it wasn't a B99 one.

Maybe he was wearing it, but since police couldn't establish if he was, it wasn't found on his head. So he was not wearing it properly.

[Spatiumus]

21 hours ago, stevenl said:

22 hours ago, Spatiumus said:

Just guessing here but perhaps he was wearing the helmet that was reported a being found at the scene?  And maybe it wasn't a B99 one.

Maybe he was wearing it, but since police couldn't establish if he was, it wasn't found on his head. So he was not wearing it properly.

Impacts that cause severe, fatal head injuries often cause the helmet to be displaced, you have no idea whether he was wearing it properly or not.

[Traubert]

Neither does it matter. He's dead. RIP.

[stevenl]

24 minutes ago, Spatiumus said:

Impacts that cause severe, fatal head injuries often cause the helmet to be displaced, you have no idea whether he was wearing it properly or not.

If wore properly it most likely would not have been displaced. So yes, I do have some idea.