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PHUKET: A woman out getting exercise on a bicycle north of Phuket was killed by a pickup overtaking illegally on the left yesterday.
The woman's husband, on another bicycle a little further down the road, turned back to find his wife had been killed instantly.
It was one of the first Phuket region fatalities in the Songkran new year Seven Days of Danger - and it will alarm the increasing number of riders who are taking up bicycle riding for exercise.
Being held by police in Kok Kloi, about 10 minutes' drive north of Phuket in the province of Phang Nga, is the pickup driver, Nitawat Lamai, 22. He faces a charge of driving in a dangerous manner so as to cause a death.
The roads of Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi now see more and more bicycle riders in pairs or groups, with pedalling becoming one of the Andaman region's popular pastimes.
Saroj Suwanno and his wife Kamontam, 52, had become part of that trend until yesterday evening when Kamontam was struck from behind and killed.
All Khun Saroj could do was cradle his wife's body in his arms.
The crash took place on the road towards Phang Nga Town from Kok Kloi, not far for the traffic lights that mark the t-intersection with the main road from Phuket stretching north along the Andaman coast.
The woman's husband, on another bicycle a little further down the road, turned back to find his wife had been killed instantly.
It was one of the first Phuket region fatalities in the Songkran new year Seven Days of Danger - and it will alarm the increasing number of riders who are taking up bicycle riding for exercise.
Being held by police in Kok Kloi, about 10 minutes' drive north of Phuket in the province of Phang Nga, is the pickup driver, Nitawat Lamai, 22. He faces a charge of driving in a dangerous manner so as to cause a death.
The roads of Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi now see more and more bicycle riders in pairs or groups, with pedalling becoming one of the Andaman region's popular pastimes.
Saroj Suwanno and his wife Kamontam, 52, had become part of that trend until yesterday evening when Kamontam was struck from behind and killed.
All Khun Saroj could do was cradle his wife's body in his arms.
The crash took place on the road towards Phang Nga Town from Kok Kloi, not far for the traffic lights that mark the t-intersection with the main road from Phuket stretching north along the Andaman coast.
Very Very Sad....
Posted by robert on April 11, 2015 11:01