PHUKET: Police in Patong are mourning the death of a colleague who was killed when his car slid off Phuket's west coast road early today and hit a pole.
Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers had to cut free Lieutenant Tanakiet Keawyai from the wreck of his Honda City and he died in Bangkok Hospital Phuket, in Phuket City.
The policeman, a married father of a young child, had finished a shift and was on his way in heavy rain about 4.30am to visit a policeman friend in Chalong, further south on Phuket.
The car left the road and hit the pole on a sweeping bend between Patong and Karon, not far from Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort.
Lieutenant Tanakiet had been on Phuket, at Kathu Police Station, which oversee Patong, for about a year. He was well-liked.
Rescue workers said Lieutenant Tanakiet, aged about 40, was not wearing a seatbelt. His home was in Thalang, central Phuket.
Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers had to cut free Lieutenant Tanakiet Keawyai from the wreck of his Honda City and he died in Bangkok Hospital Phuket, in Phuket City.
The policeman, a married father of a young child, had finished a shift and was on his way in heavy rain about 4.30am to visit a policeman friend in Chalong, further south on Phuket.
The car left the road and hit the pole on a sweeping bend between Patong and Karon, not far from Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort.
Lieutenant Tanakiet had been on Phuket, at Kathu Police Station, which oversee Patong, for about a year. He was well-liked.
Rescue workers said Lieutenant Tanakiet, aged about 40, was not wearing a seatbelt. His home was in Thalang, central Phuket.
