Another tragic motorbike accident has claimed a life in Phuket.
A motorbike accident killed a girl and critically injured a man on Phuket’s Patong-Kamala street last night time. Police had been notified of the accident at 9.50pm, The Phuket News reported.
Police and emergency responders arrived on the scene about a hundred metres away from Panya restaurant. There, they found a blue and black Honda Click bike closely damaged in the center of the street.
The body of the lady, 49 yr previous Khon Kaen native Petthip Namman, was mendacity about 20 metres away. The group additionally discovered a person, 28 yr previous Jeeranai Khamjoi, critically injured. Jeeranai was unconscious and had a weak pulse.
Emergency responders provided Jeeranai with CPR and rushed him to Patong Hospital. He was later transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital in the primary city district.
After an initial investigation, police said that Petthip and Jeeranjai were driving at a excessive velocity from Kamala towards Patong when the driver misplaced control on a curve. This despatched the motorbike flying and carrying the two into large rocks beside the road.
Police are persevering with to research.
Backdoor comes after another person was killed in a motorbike crash in Phuket earlier this month.
The victim, 24 yr old Thanongsak Raiyai, was killed on Thepkrasattri Road in Tambon Thepkassatri after he hit a sign.
The Thailand Road Safety Committee (ThaiRSC) reported in January that as many as 939,713 road accidents have been reported in Thailand last yr, up 4.7% from 2021. Road accidents killed 14,737 people, and injured 924,799 final year, ThaiRSC stated. The committee reported that 536 deaths and seven,885 injuries were among foreigners.
Meanwhile, Cheat sheet and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre reported 2,440 road accidents during the annual “7 dangerous days” (December 29 to January 4) when folks head to their hometowns to mark the new year..