Phuket Airport taxi worker killed in motorbike crash

It is unlikely Ms Monthicha would have survived the crash even if

she had donned a crash helmet, Phuket rescue workers said.

Photo: Wichai Witthawat.

PHUKET: -- An employee of the Phuket Airport taxi cooperative was killed instantly yesterday when her motorcycle was hit head-on by a pickup truck cutting across traffic at a U-turn on Thepkrasattri Road in Thalang.

Thalang Police were notified of the accident at 3:30pm yesterday. At the scene, the turn-off to Baan Pa Krong Cheep off Thepkrasattri Road southbound in Thepkrasattri subdistrict, they found the victim's body lying in the middle of the road near a badly-damaged Honda Scoopy motorbike.

She was identified by her ID card as 38-year-old local resident Monthicha Muttarak, an employee of the Phuket Airport Limousine and Business Cooperative Ltd, or PBC.

Ms Monthicha appeared to have suffered multiple broken limbs as well as head trauma. There was no crash helmet found at the scene, rescue workers said.

A local resident who knew the deceased said she expected Ms Monthicha had finished her shift at the airport and was on her way home when the accident occurred.

The driver of the pickup, also a local resident, took refuge at a friend's home out of fear of reprisal by friends of the deceased. He left the vehicle at the accident scene. His identity is known by police and he will be charged with reckless driving resulting in death, officers said.

Kusoldharm Foundation workers took the body of the late Ms Monthicha to Thalang Hospital morgue for further examination and storage until it can be claimed by relatives.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2011/article10849.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-08-20

Does it say she was driving on the wrong side of the road while the pickup did a uturn and hit her face on?

sounds like an aiport taxi driver for sure. sad but expected.