Accident Two Killed, One Critically Injured After Pickup Truck Struck by Speeding Vehicle

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

Two people were killed and another seriously injured after aroad crash involving two pickup trucks near a U-turn point in Sam Roi Yot district on the evening of 3 July. The suspected driver responsible for the crash fled the scene, leaving behind a bumper with a licence plate.

 

The crash occurred around 18:00 on Phetkasem Road, southbound, near the Silaloi U-turn in Moo 1, Silaloi subdistrict. Police and emergency responders from the Sawang Methithammasathan Foundation rushed to the scene.

 

Officers found the body of an 18-year-old male farm worker, later identified as Mr Natthapoom, lying on the road in a pool of blood, dressed in blue farm attire. Nearby, under a truck waiting to make a U-turn, rescuers discovered two more victims, one dead, 53-year-old Ms Sroi and another Ms Prathum 54, unconscious and critically injured. All had been riding in the back of a blue Nissan pickup truck with a cage rack carrying farming equipment, including a water tank and pesticide sprayers.

 

 

The driver of the Nissan, Mr Pranom, 43 and his wife, Ms Wasana, 47, who was seated in the front passenger seat, sustained minor injuries.

 

According to witnesses and preliminary investigations, the Nissan had just left a farm in Pran Buri and was on its way to the couple’s home in Kui Buri. As they reached the U-turn, a black Toyota Vigo pickup truck suddenly swerved from the left lane and clipped the side of the Nissan. The impact caused the Nissan to spin out of control, flinging three farm workers from the rear cargo bed. The black pickup truck then fled the scene at speed, driving the wrong way against traffic to escape.

 

A nearby restaurant owner, who witnessed the collision, described hearing a loud crash followed by bodies being thrown from the vehicle. “I didn’t dare go close, but I could see clearly from the front of my shop,” she told reporters.

 

Police later reviewed CCTV footage from the area. It confirmed that the Nissan was travelling in the right-hand lane when the black four-door pickup attempted to overtake from the left, sideswiping the vehicle and causing it to spin. The black vehicle came to a stop about 20 metres past the U-turn before fleeing, leaving behind a detached front bumper and licence plate, now key evidence in the investigation.

 

Authorities have taken custody of the bumper and registration plate and are working to identify and locate the driver of the fleeing vehicle. Legal proceedings are expected to follow once the suspect is apprehended.

 

The injured survivor remains in critical condition at Sam Roi Yot Hospital.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-07-05