Police officer found dead in his pickup

Police officer found dead in his pickup

The parked pickup in which Pol Capt Pitsanu Meesuk was found dead, on a road in Wang Thong district of Phitsanulok, on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)
The parked pickup in which Pol Capt Pitsanu Meesuk was found dead, on a road in Wang Thong district of Phitsanulok, on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)

PHITSANULOK: A police captain was found dead in the backseat of his parked pickup on a road in Wang Thong district on Sunday afternoon.

The two-door Isuzu D-max was parked on the road shoulder near Huay Fong village in tambon Wang Nok Aen, on the Phitsanulok-Lom Sak highway, Pol Lt Chanupakorn Nimpeng, a Wang Thong duty officer, said.

Pol Capt Pitsanu Meesuk, 59, who was stationed at Kaeng Sopha in Wang Thong district, was dead, face down, on the backseat of the extended cab.

Local residents reported it to police about 4pm.

Police, a doctor from Wang Thong Hospital and rescuers sent to the scene reported there were no wounds or signs of injury on the body. He was believed to have died at least three hours previously.

Investigators learned that the man had left his home in tambon Samo Khae in Muang district in his pickup, heading to work at Kaeng Sopha police station.

The body was sent to Buddhachinaraj Hospital in Muang district for forensic examination to establish the cause of death.


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