Picture of where the motorcycle was swept away.

 

A 60-year-old man lost his life early morning, September 3, after being swept away by a flash flood while attempting to cross the Mae Sa Nga River on his motorcycle. The incident occurred at approximately 09:00, as the man was on his way to work on his farm in the village of Ban Napa Paek, located in the Mok Cham Pae sub-district of Mae Hong Son Province.

 

Despite the man's efforts to navigate the strong currents, both he and his motorcycle were quickly overpowered and carried away by the rushing waters.

 

 

Local villagers immediately organised a search and rescue operation. At around 09:30, the man's lifeless body was discovered nearly one kilometre downstream from where he had attempted to cross the river.

 

Officers from the Mok Cham Pae Police Station, along with a medical examiner from a nearby hospital, arrived at the scene to conduct a forensic examination. The man's family has expressed no suspicion regarding the cause of death and plans to proceed with religious rites to honour his memory.

 

-- 2024-09-04

 

 

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This happens yearly back in Texas, with trucks and cars being swept away by moving water. They put up warning signs and horses but people drive right around them, and they usually find them downstream inside an overturned vehicle. Moving water can carry away tonnage.