Phuket: Luxembourg family demands justice after fatal road accident

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A tragic accident in Phuket has left the family of a young woman from Luxembourg seeking answers.

Nineteen-year-old Schintgen Cey-lan was killed in a road collision earlier this month, along with her American boyfriend, 21 year old Nickolas Joseph Ayoub. The two were riding a motorbike when a car, driven by Russian national Irina Pustovalova, hit them from behind. The incident was recorded on CCTV, shedding light on the circumstances of the fatal incident.

The accident, which occurred in the early hours of November 5 on Wiset Road, Rawai, saw both Cey-lan and Ayoub die at the scene. Pustovalova, who was injured in the crash, was hospitalised before the police arrived. Her car had veered off the road, ending up in a ditch after colliding with a power pole.

The recording from Rawai Municipality’s CCTV shows that the couple was…