Truck crushes motorbike rider to death in Phuket

A tragic and brutal road death has occured in Phuket, after a truck crushed a motorbike rider‘s head yesterday morning. A Facebook post with a video of the incident by Phuket Info Center read…

“At 10.39am today (Mar 23), there was an accident involving a motorcyclist who lost control [of his bike] and fell under the rear wheels of a truck. He was run over by the truck’s wheels and died. The incident took place on the road running along Rawai Beach in Rawai sub-district in Phuket’s main city district.”

Pongpan Nakwanit, a rescuer from Ruamjai Foundation, said the rider’s head was completely crushed by the truck’s wheels, causing him to die instantly, The Phuket News reported.

The victim’s body was transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital. At the scene, the truck driver, 58 year old Samam Kontha, was interviewed. Chalong…