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Elderly cyclist run down, killed by SUV

Rescuers perform CPR on the 80-year-old cyclist hit by a car on a highway in Muang district, Phitsanulok, on Tuesday morning. The man died from his injuries. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)

PHITSANULOK: An elderly man riding a bicycle was killed when hit from behind by a sport utility vehicle driven by a doctor on his way to work, in Muang district, on Tuesday morning.

The accident occurred about 8am on the in-bound side of Siharat Dechochai road, near a petrol station, Pol Capt Noppadol Mai-ngam, a Muang duty officer, said.

Rianchai Malad, 80, was riding his bicycle in the far right lane when he was hit from behind by a Honda CRV driven by Withaya Pichetvirachai, 35, a doctor at Bangkok Phitsanulok Hospital.

Rianchai was seriously injured.

Police said the doctor tried to help him, and rescuers called to the…

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