Informal lender hit by a car after demanding payment from borrower

A man crashed his pickup truck into an informal lender in Nonthaburi, to whom his wife was indebted, killing him instantly, after the lender refused to give his ailing wife more time to pay.

The incident took place on Friday in Prachaniwet Soi 3, a short distance from the borrower’s fruit store.

The debtor, only identified as “Siriya”, reportedly told Nonthaburi police that she borrowed about 13,000 baht in cash from the lender, identified as “Sumet”, and was obliged to repay 700 baht per day, which she had already done for 90 straight days, amounting to 63,000 baht.

She called Sumet on Friday, asking for a temporary postponement of the daily repayments, because she needs the money for an operation to remove a cyst from her chest. Sumet rejected her plea and arrived at her fruit store to chastise her, prompting her to call her husband.

Her husband soon also arrived at the…