Accident Refuge Collector Killed After Being Hit by Pickup Truck While Collecting Rubbish

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khoasod.

 

A road crash in Ratchaburi province has claimed the life of a municipal sanitation worker on the morning of 17 June, after he was struck by a pickup truck while carrying out his duties.

 

The incident occurred at approximately 07:00 on the Ban Kum–Don Yai Road in Moo 2, Bang Phae sub-district. Police investigator Pol Lt Suttipong Suwannano of Bang Phae Police Station and rescue volunteers from Sawang Ratchaburi Foundation were dispatched to the scene following reports of a fatal collision.

 

Emergency responders arrived to find the body of Mr Manop, a refuse collector employed by Bang Phae Subdistrict Municipality, lying lifeless at the rear of a municipal garbage truck. Nearby, a silver Isuzu pickup truck with Ratchaburi registration, which had been transporting workers to a fishing site, was found with front-end damage. The municipal six-wheeled orange rubbish lorry had sustained damage to its rear right side.

 

Initial investigations revealed that the garbage truck had parked temporarily at a designated collection point when the deceased was standing behind the vehicle, preparing to lift a bin to empty into the truck. At that moment, the pickup truck driver reportedly veered into the rear of the garbage truck, striking Mr Manop with fatal force.

 

Two passengers in the pickup suffered minor injuries but declined hospital treatment.

 

Authorities have transferred the victim’s body to the forensic department at Ratchaburi Hospital. Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-06-18