Man Killed, Wife Injured in Road Crash During Songkran Journey Home

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Daily News.

 

A man has been killed and his wife injured in a road crash on 12 April, while travelling home for the Songkran holiday, as heavy rainfall made road conditions treacherous.

 

Police in Cha-am District, Phetchaburi Province, confirmed that the incident occurred at around kilometre marker 14+100 on the Cha-am–Pranburi bypass, inbound towards Bangkok. Officers from Cha-am Police Station, emergency rescue units, and medical staff from Cha-am Hospital responded swiftly to the scene.

 

The crash involved a silver Isuzu pickup truck, registered in Udon Thani, when the driver skidded off a curve in the road and crashed into a tree. The vehicle sustained heavy damage.

 

Rescuers found a female passenger with minor injuries, identified as 52-year-old Ruangthong Treecharee from Khon Kaen Province. The driver, her husband Ratchaphon Tomlong, aged 61 from Udon Thani, was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

According to initial reports, passing military personnel and good Samaritans assisted in rescuing the injured woman from the vehicle before rescue teams arrived to administer first aid. Emergency responders later recovered the driver’s body and transported it to Cha-am Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

 

Ms Ruangthong told police that the couple had been en route to their hometown in Udon Thani to celebrate the Thai New Year when the weather suddenly turned. Heavy rain and unfamiliar road conditions led to her husband losing control on a bend, veering off the road and colliding with a tree.

 

-- 2025-04-13

 

[JoePai]

PPD =   P*ss Poor Driving

[hotsun]

Im gonna guess they werent wearing seatbelts