Chonburi police and rescue units were called to attend an accident with reports of multiple persons injured. At the scene at a flyover in Huaykapi carrying traffic from Bang Sean to Chonburi they found a scene of devastation with a pick-up truck that had fallen off the flyover on top of a motorcycle below.
There were 11 people injured 6 men and 5 women. The medics gave first aid at the scene and then rushed the victims to Chonburi Hospital for further emergency treatment. One lady Khun Urai didn't survive and succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
Some of the victims were able to give their statements to the police. They said that they were travelling from Bang Sean back to their hotel in Chonburi when the pick-up was rammed in the rear by a saloon car which failed to stop and fled the scene.
Police are checking CCTV cameras to see if they can identify the vehicle which caused this dramatic and subsequently fatal road accident.
