Bangkok taxi driver found dead at gas station

[webfact]

 

A taxi driver was discovered dead in his vehicle at a gas station in Bangkok’s Jomthong district. The incident occurred early this morning, February 28, and the circumstances surrounding the driver’s death are currently under investigation.

 

The gas station on Kalapapruek Road became an unexpected crime scene this morning when a 59 year old taxi driver, identified as Sathian (surname withheld), was found lifeless in his pink Toyota cab with license plate ทห943. The vehicle was parked with its engine hood open, and the driver’s door ajar, near the station’s restroom facilities.

 

Sathian was found in a semi-reclined position in the driver’s seat, wearing a white shirt and brown three-quarter-length shorts. There were traces of blood on his lips, and no signs of a struggle were evident. Near the vehicle, additional bloodstains were located near a tree on the path to the restroom, where a half-empty beer bottle was also found near the driver’s side door, reported KhaoSod.

 

Closed-circuit television footage from the gas station revealed that Sathian had driven into the station around 6am, opened the vehicle’s hood, and made two trips to fill water for the radiator before entering the men’s restroom. He returned to his car, stepped out to vomit, and eventually lost consciousness beside the vehicle.

Kanokwan (surname withheld), the 29 year old deceased driver’s daughter, stated that her father, who suffered from a lung disease, had been out driving the taxi overnight and was supposed to return home in the morning. Despite his condition, hospital examinations had not yet pinpointed the exact cause of his illness. Sathian had been carrying his medication with him regularly.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Kanchan Sawasdee, Deputy Inspector (Investigator) at Bang Khun Thian Police Station, and volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation responded to the scene, along with forensic doctors from Siriraj Hospital.

 

The body was sent for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The family was allowed to claim the body for religious rites following the preliminary investigation.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-02-29

 

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[flyingtlger]

RIP taxi driver. 

I wonder if the current severe pollution in Bangkok had something to do with his lung problem?

I bet there'll be a lot more of these types of cases in the very near future unless the government does something to control the air pollution....

[Skipalongcassidy]

One out of three... 33%... of people in Thailand suffer from some form of lung disease... and they cannot figure out why???

[sirineou]

As it seems not to be of nefarious caused as the video seems to indicate......  

  Taxi drivers are found dead all over the place having been enable to discover the secret of immortality

Will they now report the natural death of each one of them , or only the one's that happen at gas stations.

   RIP sincerest condolences to his family and friends.  

[stoner]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Toyota cab with license plate ทห943

 

[bradiston]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A taxi driver was discovered dead in his vehicle at a gas station in Bangkok’s Jomthong district. The incident occurred early this morning, February 28, and the circumstances surrounding the driver’s death are currently under investigation.

 

The gas station on Kalapapruek Road became an unexpected crime scene this morning when a 59 year old taxi driver, identified as Sathian (surname withheld), was found lifeless in his pink Toyota cab with license plate ทห943. The vehicle was parked with its engine hood open, and the driver’s door ajar, near the station’s restroom facilities.

 

Sathian was found in a semi-reclined position in the driver’s seat, wearing a white shirt and brown three-quarter-length shorts. There were traces of blood on his lips, and no signs of a struggle were evident. Near the vehicle, additional bloodstains were located near a tree on the path to the restroom, where a half-empty beer bottle was also found near the driver’s side door, reported KhaoSod.

 

Closed-circuit television footage from the gas station revealed that Sathian had driven into the station around 6am, opened the vehicle’s hood, and made two trips to fill water for the radiator before entering the men’s restroom. He returned to his car, stepped out to vomit, and eventually lost consciousness beside the vehicle.

Kanokwan (surname withheld), the 29 year old deceased driver’s daughter, stated that her father, who suffered from a lung disease, had been out driving the taxi overnight and was supposed to return home in the morning. Despite his condition, hospital examinations had not yet pinpointed the exact cause of his illness. Sathian had been carrying his medication with him regularly.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Kanchan Sawasdee, Deputy Inspector (Investigator) at Bang Khun Thian Police Station, and volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation responded to the scene, along with forensic doctors from Siriraj Hospital.

 

The body was sent for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The family was allowed to claim the body for religious rites following the preliminary investigation.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-02-29

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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So where's the crime scene?