Chonburi Police Leutenant Colonel Wutthinan of the Samet police was called to the scene of a serious road accident nearby which had caused one fatality.
At the scene in front of the Social Security Office in Chonburi he found a Toyota vehicle that had sustained serious damage after colliding with a power pole. Inside the vehicle was the body of the driver a Khun Somsak aged 66 who had suffered traumatic head injuries in the impact.
Witnesses to the accident said that they had seen the vehicle approaching the scene at high speed when the driver seemed to have lost control hit the central road barrier and finally stopped when it struck the power pole. Police are investigating the cause of the accident and the body of the deceased was transported to hospital for a post mortem to be carried out.
