Crime Lorry Driver Fatally Stabbed in Front of Wife After Traffic Dispute in Samut Sakhon

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A heated altercation between two lorry drivers turned fatal, on the morning of 17 June, when a 39-year-old man was stabbed to death in front of his wife following a suspected road rage incident in Krathum Baen district.

 

Police were alerted at around 06:00 to a violent confrontation near the entrance of Wat Kaset Phantararam in Moo 2, Khae Rai subdistrict. Officers from Krathum Baen Police Station, forensic investigators and medical personnel from Krathum Baen Hospital rushed to the scene, where they discovered the body of Mr Narongsak, lying in a pool of blood approximately 100 metres from the main road.

 

The victim was dressed in a black t-shirt and denim shorts, barefoot and had sustained multiple stab wounds to the chest and clavicle area. His six-wheeled Hino truck, registered in Nakhon Pathom, was found parked nearby. Blood spatters were visible across the road surface, and a pair of slip-on sandal, believed to belong to the assailant, were recovered near the crime scene.

 

According to the victim’s wife, who witnessed the attack, the couple had driven from Bang Bua Thong to collect plastic goods from a factory in the area. While en route, they were travelling alongside a ten-wheeled box truck, which had turned into the same side road moments before the incident.

 

After a brief exchange in which the victim allegedly overtook the ten-wheeled truck, its driver appeared to become enraged, sounding his horn repeatedly and pursuing the six-wheeled vehicle. When both trucks reached the entrance of the temple, the ten-wheeled lorry stopped behind the victim’s vehicle and the driver emerged, reportedly carrying a knife resembling a fruit-cutting blade.

 

Mr Narongsak exited his truck to confront the man, but before he could defend himself, the larger man allegedly put him in a chokehold and stabbed him multiple times. The attacker then fled the scene in his truck, leaving behind his sandals.

 

The victim’s wife, paralysed by fear, was unable to intervene. She said her husband attempted to walk back to their truck but collapsed and died before he could reach it.

 

Police investigators have obtained CCTV footage from a nearby traffic light showing both lorries travelling closely together. Authorities are reviewing additional footage along nearby roads in an effort to identify the ten-wheeled box truck and its driver.

 

The victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination at the forensic department and police have vowed to bring the perpetrator to justice swiftly.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-06-18