Picture courtesy of Workpoint.

 

A female restaurant employee was found dead on the morning of 6 July, after veering her motorcycle off a sharp bend and plunging into an irrigation canal in the Si Maha Phot Industrial Estate, Prachinburi province.

 

Police from Si Maha Phot Station, along with volunteers from the Mangkon Prachin Rescue Unit, were called to the scene at around 06:20, following reports of a fatal crash involving a motorbike. The incident occurred near a factory within the estate.

 

Officers found a Yamaha Filano motorbike lying on its side in a shallow canal. The edge of the road barrier nearby showed signs of damage, suggesting the bike had hit the barrier before falling in. Around 200 metres from the motorcycle, the body of a woman was discovered lying face-up in the water with abrasions on her body. She was later identified as an employee at a well-known suki restaurant in the area.

 

According to a friend of the deceased, the group had been drinking and socialising the night before. At around 03:00, the woman, reportedly intoxicated, called her husband for help as she felt unfit to ride home. The husband, unable to fetch her himself, contacted a friend to assist, but they were unable to locate her. Hours later, her body was discovered on her usual route home through the industrial estate.

 

The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination at Sri Maha Phot Hospital. Authorities noted that the bend where the crash occurred is notorious for accidents due to its sharp curve.

 

An investigation is ongoing, but police suspect the combination of alcohol and road conditions contributed to the fatal crash.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Workpoint 2025-07-07

 

 

 

This came up on the local Facebook groups.

304 Industrial Park is the location, I have been along that road many times, and the road isn't that bad or the bend "that" sharp, well not to a driver who can drive and of course not blind drunk!