An accident occurred at a zebra crossing yesterday, December 26, where a 13 year old schoolboy got hit by a fast-moving pickup truck while crossing the road on his way home.
A soldier with the rank of sergeant was driving a pickup truck, when the vehicle hit the boy, the impact causing his body to be thrown off the road. The schoolboy died on the spot. Villagers warned of dangerous spots in the area.
“It’s actually a zebra crossing. But it’s a straight road; cars move fast.”
The driver, 29 year old Corporal Satya Mompanao, a soldier belonging to Military Base Camp 22, Ubon Ratchathani, hit the 13 year old, a year 1 student at a high school in Ubon Ratchathani Province, causing his death when the boy tried to cross the road near a zebra crossing. The schoolboy was dragged along by the pickup for nearly 50 metres.
CCTV footage from a camera near a…
