Brit motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run

published : 3 Sep 2020 at 15:38

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert

Police and rescue workers at the scene of the hit-and-run at Phon Lan gate intersection in Muang Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday night. A British motorcyclist, aged 43, was killed.(Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

A British national driving a motorcycle was killed by a hit-and-run driver at an intersection in Nakhon Ratchasima late on Wednesday night.

Police and rescuers responded to a call to Phon Lan gate intersection, on Ratchasima-Chok Chai Road in tambon Nai Muang, about 11.35pm.

They found a male foreigner lying face down on the road in a pool of blood near a damaged motorcycle. The man had no pulse. Rescue workers immediately began CPR, but were unable to revive him.

The dead man was a British national, 43, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives. He had a meal with friends not far from the scene before the crash.

Police believed he was hit by a truck which was driven away afterwards. They were examining footage from surveillance cameras in the area.

The man's body was taken to hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The police investigation was continuing.

Vocabulary

CPR (noun): 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (breathing air into the mouth of an unconscious person and pressing on their chest to keep them alive by sending air around their body) - การปั๊มหัวใจ
notification (noun): the act of giving or receiving official information about something - การแจ้ง
pool of blood (noun): a large amount of blood on a surface after a person or animal has been killed or wounded -
post-mortem: a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died - การชันสูตร
pulse (noun): the regular beat of blood as it is sent around the body, that can be felt in different places, especially on the inside part of the wrist; the number of times the blood beats in a minute - ชีพจร, อัตราการเต้นของหัวใจ, จังหวะการเต้นของหัวใจ
rescuer: a person who saves someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
revive: to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use - ทำให้ฟื้นชีพ
surveillance camera: a camera kept in a place to record what happens there, especially criminal activity - กล้องวงจรปิดเพื่อรักษาการความปลอดภัย
withheld (verb): to deliberately not give something to someone - ไม่เปิดเผย, ไม่อนุญาต, ระงับ, ถอนกลับ

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