Accident Monk Driving Pickup Crashes Into Sisters’ Motorbike, Killing One

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A senior monk from a well-known temple in Phitsanulok has been taken into custody after his pickup truck collided head-on with a motorbike, killing a 20-year-old female student and seriously injuring her younger sister in Phichit Province.

 

Police Lieutenant Wacharapong Nanta, deputy investigator at Yaenyaw Police Station, received a report of the fatal collision on Khlong Chonprathan Road, Moo 8, Yaenyaw subdistrict, Mueang district, Phichit. Emergency responders rushed to the scene.

 

They found an Isuzu Dragon pickup bearing Phitsanulok plates had struck a Honda Giorno Plus motorbike with Phichit registration. The motorbike was badly damaged and had fallen into the irrigation canal.

 

The deceased was identified as Ms. Thitaporn, known as “Film”, 20, a university student. Her body was found face down with a broken right leg, severe head injuries and facial bruising.

 

Around 10 metres away, her sister Ms. Waranya, known as “Phak Kad”, 17, was found with both legs broken. She was rushed to Phichit Hospital in critical condition.

 

The pickup driver, Phra Boonlert, 63, a monk from a temple in Bang Krathum district, Phitsanulok, was present at the scene alongside other monks. He was taken to Yaenyaw Police Station for questioning.

 

Police said the sisters had been travelling from Phitsanulok to visit their aunt during the long weekend. The monk had been returning from a religious ceremony in Ban Wang Kradi Thong and attempted to overtake another vehicle at high speed. He failed to complete the manoeuvre, crashing head-on into the sisters’ motorbike and sending it into the canal.

 

Phra Boonlert is expected to face charges in connection with the fatal crash.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-08-12