Teacher Killed in Road Crash, Days Before House Blessing Ceremony

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A 40-year-old vocational school teacher was killed in a road crash on the night of 2 July, just days before he and his fiancée were due to hold a traditional housewarming ceremony for their newly built home.

The victim, identified as Mr. Opas, was returning home after teaching an evening class when his green Vespa motorcycle collided with a black Isuzu pickup truck in front of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) in Wiang Subdistrict, Chiang Kham District, Phayao Province.

Pol. Lt. Col. Bandit Mutimakka, an investigator at Chiang Kham Police Station, responded to the incident along with physicians from Chiang Kham Hospital and the Siam Ruam Phayao rescue unit. Upon arrival, emergency services found Mr. Opas unconscious by the roadside. Despite attempts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The pickup truck involved in the crash was damaged on its left front side. The driver, Mr. Wichian, a resident of Chiang Kham’s Faikwang Subdistrict, was taken for alcohol testing. Police have stated that a full investigation into the cause of the crash is underway.

According to the director of the technical college where Mr. Opas worked as an electrical engineering teacher, the victim had just finished an evening class and was on his way to his new home in Romyen Subdistrict, Sobsaa village. He and his fiancée had recently completed construction on the house and were preparing for a traditional bai sri su kwan blessing ceremony in the coming days.

Police have pledged to proceed with the case carefully, examining all evidence and witness accounts to fully determine the circumstances surrounding this incident.