An officer died during a high-speed chase with suspects after a taxi driver made a u-turn causing the police officer’s motorcycle to crash into the cab.
The superintendent of Samre Police Station, Chattakit Phadungchanthabai, told Channel 3 that the fatal accident occurred on Southern Sathon Road in Bangkok at 2.30am on Monday, June 5. Two officers from Yannawa Police Station came across some suspicious teenagers on three motorcycles while conducting a patrol of the area. The officers asked the teens to stop for a chat but they immediately fled the scene.
The two officers set off on their motorcycle in pursuit at high speed and collided with a pink taxi driver in the left lane as he quickly moved into the right lane to make a U-turn.
The rider of the motorcycle managed to survive the accident with mild injuries. Tragically, the…
