Police were informed of the accident, near the entrance to the old road to the airport, in Moo 1, Mai Khao, at about 10:30am.
Tha Chatchai Police and rescue workers arrived to find a Phuket-registered Isuzu pickup with heavy damage to its front, a KIA ‘Carnival’ SUV registered in Bangkok with heavy damage to its rear, and a 10-wheel Hino closed-box truck registered in Phuket parked nearby.
The driver of the truck, 24-year-old Amornsak Ngoenngam from Ratchaburi was standing by waiting for police.
Rescue workers immediately attended to a man who was unconscious and unresponsive by the side of the road. The man, identified as Jakkarin Thongtub, 45, was rushed to Thalang Hospital, but later pronounced dead.
The two people in the Isuzu pickup ‒ driver Sommart Hlabmala, 42, from Maha Sarakham, and his passenger Kesakanok Kongrak, 36, from Nakhon Ratchasima ‒ both suffered minor injuries and were taken to Thalang Hospital.
Police were told that the Hino truck driven by Mr Amornsak struck the Isuzu D-Max pickup, causing the Isuzu driver Mr Sommart to veer off the road.
In a state of panic Mr Sommart’s vehicle struck Mr Jakkarin, who was walking alongside the road, inflicting the fatal injuries on him.
The Isuzu pickup then collided with the parked Kia SUV, causing additional damage.
At last report police said they were still investigating the accident and that further legal proceedings were expected.
According to national road safety agency ThaiRSC, already seven people have been killed in accidents on Phuket’s roads since the beginning of the year, and a further 2,212 people have been injured.