At 5.30 am on the 7th of October Police Lieutenant Nakhonrat received a report of a road accident involving injuries in front of the Seat Boat Company. He went immediately to the scene along with a unit of the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation to provide assistance.
Two motorcycles had been involved in a collision a Honda and a Kawasaki and three people had been injured. One of the motorcycles belonged to a Belgian national Mr. Dirr Dede aged 42 with his ladyboy friend riding pillion. Mr. Dede had sustained a broken right leg amd his friend Mr. Anuphong had only abrasions to his body. They were both transported to Pattaya Memorial Hospital for further treatment. The other motorcycle was bring ridden by a young 13 year old boy Khun Supat who had a collarbone injury and was taken to Banglamung Hospital further attention to his injuries.
A witness to the accident Khun Niyom aged 44 said that he saw the young boy accelerate to overtake a overtake a truck when he collided with the bike driven by the farang that was going at a high speed.
After inspection and thorough investigation of the scene and then photographing it as evidence the police will have to decide if it is the farang's fault as is the norm or the young boy who clearly should not have been riding the motorcycle in the first place.
