Australian man dies in what is believed to be road rage incident.

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By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Banglamung – An Australian man who was an engineer died after a suspected road rage incident with a group of motorbike racers in the Pattaya area.

 

The Nongprue Police were notified of the accident last night (January 20th) at 11:30 P.M. on the Thung Klom – Tanman Road in Nongprue.

 

Police, emergency responders, and The Pattaya News arrived at the scene to find Mr. Graeme Foster, 59, an Australian national, lying near a power pole. He was unconscious and many bones were broken. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was tragically pronounced dead. Nearby, rescue workers found his damaged motorbike.

 

Mrs. Kittiyaphon Foster, 49, who is Mr. Foster’s wife, told Nongprue police that her husband was an engineer. Last night, Mr. and Mrs. Foster, along with their friends, were dining at a restaurant about one kilometer from the scene. At 11:15 P.M. they were heading back home. Her husband was riding his motorbike. His Australian friend was following him on a second motorbike. Mrs. Foster and her two daughters were driving in a car behind the two Australian men.

 

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/01/21/australian-man-dies-after-suspected-road-rage-incident-with-group-of-motorbike-racers-in-the-pattaya-area/

 

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Edited January 22, 2023 by webfact

[save the frogs]

alcohol.

 

[BananaStrong]

Pattaya.

 

Be safe farangs.  Keep your cool...............jai yen jai yen.   This is NOT your country, you cannot do anything.   I recommend not having a car, bike, anything.    walk, bus, sabai sabai.  No alcohol, eat healthy, exercise, relax....

 

I'm 300,000 km from Pattaya and still not far enough way.................. come on rocket ship!!!!!!!  

[Dmaxdan]

33 minutes ago, BananaStrong said:

I'm 300,000 km from Pattaya and still not far enough way.................. come on rocket ship!!!!!

300,000 km!!! Where do you live? On the moon with your rocket ship?

[Rimmer]

Troll posts removed

[toofarnorth]

....................power pole has claimed 2 other riders.   There it is , not booze or drugs or driving poorly but those damn power poles jumping out again.

[connda]

Sounds like he hit the power pole given the injuries.

[brianthainess]

45 minutes ago, Black Ops said:

Is that her "brother" in matching  red.t-shirt supporting the grieving widow at the end of that interview  ????

I think that is the restaurant owner of where they had been eating, the reason i think this is bcoz its in a restaurant init.

[brianthainess]

What was his ''Custom" motorbike ???

[NanLaew]

7 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I think that is the restaurant owner of where they had been eating, the reason i think this is bcoz its in a restaurant init.

Don't encourage the trolls.

[save the frogs]

18 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

What was his ''Custom" motorbike ???

he installed a cup holder for his beer bottle

[Leaver]

 

I'm wondering if this suspected road rage "incident" was actually just a challenge for a race, particularly as the farang had a "custom" bike, and he didn't stay on the track for very long. 

 

Maybe no road rage at all. 

[NanLaew]

44 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

I'm wondering if this suspected road rage "incident" was actually just a challenge for a race, particularly as the farang had a "custom" bike, and he didn't stay on the track for very long. 

 

Maybe no road rage at all. 

Very possible. That's why they need to find the kids on bikes and any other witnesses. Until then, it's all reasonable conjecture here.

 

Apart from the trolls with their mindless comments on his widow. The guy was a husband and a father so I hope when they fall off their bar stools and break their necks, it's picked up on The Pattaya News and posted here so we can have a right good laugh at their sad souls.

[Rimmer]

more troll and cruel comments removed

[Elkski]

Did he say the brother was following between the wife and husband?  What did he see.  Is it a kick down and run smam at that power pole?

[Homburg]

RIP.  Mix motorcycles, alcohol & Thailand and the outcome can be poor.

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

....................power pole has claimed 2 other riders.   There it is , not booze or drugs or driving poorly but those damn power poles jumping out again.

Maybe it's time to move the power pole to a different position?

[mstevens]

Arrest the power pole. It's killed 3 poor souls.

[swm59nj]

The explanations make no sense.  People were following him.  But no one knows what actually happened.  Even though others supposedly heard them arguing . And if he was being attacked.  People following behind him didn’t realize it.  And he had a few drinks but not drunk. 

 

 

 

[sammieuk1]

Land of premature horizontal departures ????Rip 

[Mr Meeseeks]

If you bother to watch the video to conclusion it states that the RTP have found evidence there was an incident with the gang of youths before he crashed. 

[SOTIRIOS]

...Is That What 'Mourning The Loss Of A Loved One' Looks Like...

[digger70]

Australian man dies in what is believed to be road rage incident. 

 

Suspected road rage . why do they post cr@p like that . 

They just don't know As Yet. Wait till some Real evidence comes along.

[metisdead]

A baiting post has been removed.  A post trolling about being on Mt. Everest has been removed.

[Cricky]

11 hours ago, Cricky said:

Wow, a cranky Aussie road user.

 

I thought it was only the Pom's that were always angry when driving on the roads in Thailand.

 

Maybe he was a dual citizen, like elderly Aussie/Pom who had the road rage incident which involved the gold shop owner on Soi Kophai a few years ago. ????

OMG, I think they got the nationality wrong.

I just read the news article and his motorbike was posted.

 

Aussies don't ride these embarrassing scooters, he must have been a Pom.

 

 

Edited January 23, 2023 by Cricky

[ChaiyaTH]

7 hours ago, Homburg said:

RIP.  Mix motorcycles, alcohol & Thailand and the outcome can be poor.

Being sober on a motorcycle late at night is equal as dangerous, you might be sober but the rest is not.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Being sober on a motorcycle late at night is equal as dangerous, you might be sober but the rest is not.

True that....  the primary reason I avoid riding at night......   just too many drunks on the road.

 

By sticking to riding only in the day time I reckon the accident risk is at least halved. 

[Cricky]

42 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Being sober on a motorcycle late at night is equal as dangerous, you might be sober but the rest is not.

Totally agree.

 

I also avoid rainy days and the heat of the day (too uncomfortable). ????

 

[brfsa2]

Life is cheap. He might have done something that bothered the wrong people, and that cost his life and left 2 girls without a father. 

[Dazkkk]

On 1/22/2023 at 3:42 AM, brianthainess said:

What was his ''Custom" motorbike ???

Looks like a Lambretta to me. ????
I’d never ride a motorcycle in Thailand, especially after a few drinks with my dinner.