Lt Col Rasada Kleungwong of the Cherng Talay Police was called to an incident at 6:45am this morning where a motorbike had crashed into a pylon on Soi Layan 1 on the Koktanod-Layan road. At the time of the incident it was reported two men had been seriously injured.
Police arrived at the scene with rescue workers to find a wrecked Honda Dream smashed into a roadside.
One man, named as 34-year-old Boontan Sonthong has suffered severe injuries, while his passenger, 40-year-old Mr Wuthiya Teintendee had suffered a back injury. Both men were taken to Thalang Hospital where Mr Boontan died shortly after arrival.
Mr Wuthiya is currently still in hospital receiving treatment for his injury.
Lt Col Rasada said that witnesses told him that the men were travelling from the Sirinat National Park area when the driver lost control of his motorbike before crashing into the pylon located at the entrance to Soi Layan 1.
“The driver had wasn’t wearing a helmet and we could smell alcohol on both men. We are waiting to question Mr Wuthiya before we conclude our investigation,” he said.
Mr Boontan was the third person killed on Phuket’s roads since authorities launched the Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign launched on Monday (Apr 11).