Thai Motorcyclist Crushed To Death By Tour Bus......

[libya 115]

SOURCE: Pattaya Daily News: September 2nd 2007

MOTORBIKE RIDER HIT BY CAR, FALLS ON ROAD AND IS FATALLY CRUSHED BY BUS

A man was riding on a motorbike and cut off a car. He was hit by the car and fell off his bike, onto the road. A bus coming from behind ran over and crushed him.

On 1 September 2007, at 10 AM, Police Sub. Lieutenant Wachara Kamsuk, Banglamung, was notified that a fatal accident had occurred on Sukhumvit Road, near the Krathing Tai Flyover, in-bound to Chonburi. At the scene, Mr. Phanom, Ya-Ondee (27) from Burirum Province was found dead. A large amount of blood was observed on the street.

The deceased man was clad in a white T-shirt and jeans. His head was fractured and his crash helmet lay nearby. His damaged, black Suzuki Spark motorbike, license 127, Chonburi, was thirty meters from the dead man.

A Rung Rueng Tour bus, license 30-1107, Chonburi, was stopped on the side of the road. Mr. Sithiporn Jan-jamnean, (43), the driver, was waiting for the police. He said that he was driving the bus from Pattaya to take passengers to the airport, when a motorbike came on the right and cut in front of a bronze car which was attempting to make a right turn toward Rayong.

The car collided with the motorbike, causing the motorbike rider to fall off his bike onto the road. It happened so suddenly that the bus driver could not stop in time. The bus・rear wheel crushed the motorbike rider's head.

The car that hit the motorbike sped away following the accident, heading toward Chonburi. Mr. Sithiporn stopped his bus and waited for the police. None of the passengers on the bus were injured and they were all transferred to another bus to continue on to the airport. Police, temporarily detained Mr. Sithiporn and made an accident report. Police will attempt to apprehend the driver of the car and process the case according to the law.

Graphic photographs of compressed cranium withheld for reasons of taste.

[tropo]

Libya, could you possibly include the links to the original publications when you post so that we can see the photos you withhold?

PS. That's a gruesome accident. Even the Pattaya Daily have the man's crushed skull blurred out.

Edited September 3, 2007 by tropo