Cherng Talay police were called to investigate a motorbike accident in front of the PTT petrol station on Srisoonthon Rd in Cherng Talay at 11:45pm in which an man had died.
Police arrived at the scene with Kusolharm rescue workers and found the body of 19-year-old, Anan Sriwilai, a Sukhothai native, lying in the road with severe head injuries. His legs were still wrapped around the Honda Wave bike.
His body was immediately taken to Thalang Hospital.
Pol Maj Peerasit Noopayan said, “Residents told me that prior to the accident they saw a trailer-truck parked at the side of the road with its hazard lights flashing. However, they were unable to tell us any more details about the truck but noticed that following the accident the truck was gone.”
Police believe that it is possible that Mr Anan crashed his motorbike into the back of the parked truck and the driver fled the scene soon after.
Police are currently checking CCTV footage from the area to see if they can find out exactly wahtr caused Mr Anan to die.
“We are checking the CCTVs and are hoping to get a better description of the parked truck so we can bring the driver in for questioning,” Maj Peerasit said.