Police were called to the scene, about 500 metres before the ‘Phuket Check Point’ at Tha Chatchai, at about 7am.
At the scene the officers found the body of Wanee Srisongkram, beneath the front wheel bumper of a white Isuzu tanker truck registered in Krabi, marked as ‘Al Ameen Transport’.
The driver of the truck was present at the scene and was taken to Tha Chatchai Police Station for questioning, while Ms Wanee’s body was taken for post-mortem examination by doctors from Vachira Phuket Hospital so it could be released to relatives.
At last report police were continuing their investigation into the incident.