Mr Wittaya, his wife and young son were riding their Honda PCX motorbike near the Robinson shopping mall in Thalang where they were heading to pick up provisions when they were hit by the truck whose driver then proceeded to speed off from the scene without checking on the three stricken passengers.
“It was just before 8pm and we were heading to Robinson so I could pick up some milk and goods for my children,” 36-year-old Mr Wittaya explained.
“I was driving my bike in the left hand lane of the road, as usual, with my wife and son as passengers approaching Wat Tha Rue on Thepkrasattri Rd when suddenly the speeding pickup collided with us.
All three passengers were knocked off the bike and suffered injuries; Mr Wittaya’s wife suffered brusing and cuts to her torso, legs and arm, his son suffered a series of nasty cuts to his face, legs, ankle, wrist and hand and Mr Wittaya himself suffered facial wounds that required 20 stitches.
“Blood was pouring from my head wound and I was very dizzy, I could not see properly initially,” Mr Wittaya recalls. He did, however, recall the driver of the pickup truck that caused the collision did not hang around, instead deciding to speed away from the scene of the crash.
“Pickup trucks should not be driving that fast,” Mr Wittaya protested. “I imagine he was travelling around 80-100 kilometres an hour which is reckless when there is a small child as a passenger. It could have been fatal had the pickup truck been travlling even faster.”
Mr Wittaya did explain that a kind-hearted taxi driver did stop at the scene to check on him and his family and helped carry his son out of the road to safety.
“I would like to thank the taxi driver for his help at a time when we really needed it,” Mr Wittaya said.
Mr Wittaya is keen for the speeding culprit that collided with him and his family to show responsibility and come forward.
“I have made an official complaint to the police but if anyone nearby at the time of the incident has car camera footage it would be very helpful if they could also come forward in the hope we are able to identify the vehicle that caused this distress,” he said.