Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos yesterday (Mar 6) shared CCTV footage showing the hit-and-run, which occurred in front of the Fisherman Way housing estate at 00:02am on Mar 4.
The 17-second footage shows the car half in the left lane while passing the motorbike. The car sideswiped the motorbike, sending the rider tumbling to the ground. The car then sped off.
Pichaya Pengprapai, the 24-year-old rider of the Honda Click motorbike luckily escaped any serious injuries in the collision and the fall.
Chalong Police Chief Col Ekkarat Plaiduang said that police were now searching for the car and the driver.
Col Ekkarat pointed out that the car’s licence plate number was recorded clearly as ขฉ4075.