Thalang police were today called to the scene of an accident in Pa Khlok, about 100 metres away from the entrance of the Baan Pa Khlok Almshouse, where a motorbike had crashed into the rear of a minivan.
Upon arrival at the scene police and Kusoldharm rescue workers found the body of Satun native Nan Waroh, 68, a speed boat captain for JP Andaman Company lying in the road with serious wounds to his head.
When questioned by police, the minivan driver Thanawat Mardkla, 28, said that he was on his way to Ao Por when a six-wheeler truck in front of him suddenly braked, this caused him to do the same and for Mr Waroh, who was riding behind him, to crash into the back of him, he was not wearing a helmet.
Mr Waroh̕s body has been taken to Thalang Hospital for autopsy and will later be returned to his family so they can perform funeral rites.