At 11.15am Thatcherite police were called to the scene on Thepkasattri Rd. Police and Kulsoldharm rescuers found the driver Jirapa Kosuwan, 19, suffering from minor injuries, while the passenger Sunisa Thinbangteiw, 40, was pronounced dead after the truck ran over her body.
Police questioned the truck driver, Nirun Sawasdee, 37, and he told them, “It was a sharp turn and I did not see the motorcycle next to me. The truck side-swept the motorcycle off the road and the passenger on the motorcycle bounced off on to the road and got run over with the back wheels”.
Thachatchai police took Ms Jirapa and the body of the victim to Thalang Hospital. The truck driver was taken to the police station for further questioning.