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A member of a motorcycle theft gang met his end after a high-speed ride went disastrously wrong, with the stolen bikes crashing. The gang members fled the scene, leaving their companion to die alone in the road.

 

According to Mr. Sitthichai Samrit, head of the Naphrao community in Moo 5, Surasak subdistrict, the incident was first reported by local resident Mr. Wicha Chimchan 29, who witnessed a group of young men riding motorcycles at high speed near Soi 29/15 off the Sriracha–Nong Kho road. One of the riders initially lost control at a bend and crashed.

 

Mr. Wicha reported that the group consisted of a number of motorcycles. After that first crash, the other motorcycles circled back. One individual rummaged through the crashed bike, removing documents and parts of the vehicle’s plastic body, before fleeing with all the others and abandoning the wrecked bike.

 

Authorities were then later alerted by the Sawang Prateep Sriracha Rescue Foundation to a second crash, approximately two kilometres away, near the Wat Huai Yai Phrom–Kang He Cemetery road in Bang Phra subdistrict. Police from Sriracha Police Station and medics from Samitivej Sriracha Hospital responded to the scene.

 

There, they found three more Honda Wave motorbikes, lacking number plates and ignition keys, lying in a heap after a multi-vehicle collision. A white Nissan Frontier Navara with Bangkok plates was parked at the roadside. In front of the vehicle lay the body of a young man, aged about 20, with severe head trauma and no form of identification.

 

The pickup truck driver told officers that a large group of motorcycles, possibly 10 or more, had approached from the opposite direction at high speed. Several of the bikes became entangled, causing a mass crash. The deceased rider was thrown into the path of the pickup truck. Other gang members scrambled to recover some of the crashed motorcycles and others fled into nearby forested areas when they could not retrieve the remaining crashed bikes.

 

All of the recovered motorcycles were confirmed as recently stolen, taken from various parts of Sriracha the night before.

 

Police believe the gang had planned to deliver the stolen bikes to a buyer but crashed en route. Officers from Sriracha Police’s investigation unit are now examining CCTV footage and forensic evidence in a bid to identify and arrest the fleeing suspects.

 

Authorities have vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice and dismantle the broader criminal network behind the operation.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Daily News 2025-07-07

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

One of the riders initially lost control at a bend and crashed.

 

Strange that nobody mentioned the water on the tarmac....

No loss

Sounds like a problem that is solving itself. Just sit back and watch...

13 hours ago, Emdog said:

Sounds like a problem that is solving itself. Just sit back and watch...

Yeap. But that was luck, he could have maimed or killed someone else.