3 killed in Phuket motorcycle crash
published : 25 Mar 2024 at 08:23
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
Two foreigners and one Thai woman died in a motorcycle collision in Phuket on Sunday.
Chalong police station reported the accident at 2.47am on a road to Rawai beach.
Police found three bodies and two damaged bikes at the scene. The deceased were identified as Joseph Kristofer, 36, Magnus Stefan Anderson, 52, and Kanokkarn Taphao, 44. The nationality of the two foreigners was not given.
One woman, Pattarawarin Pholtham, 18, was seriously injured and sent to a hospital.
Police were trying to determine the cause of the accident from CCTV footage and by questioning witnesses.
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- cause: the person or thing that makes something happen - สาเหตุ
- collision: an accident in which a vehicle or person that is moving crashes into something - การชนประสานงา
- damaged (adj): having received physical harm makes something less attractive, useful or valuable - ได้รับความเสียหาย
- deceased: dead - ซึ่งตายแล้ว
- determine: to find out or decide something - ตัดสินใจ ระบุ
- injured (adj): hurt in an accident, natural disaster, attack, etc. - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
- nationality: a group of people who have the same race, language, or culture - สัญชาติ
- witness: a person who sees something happen - ผู้ที่เห็นเหตุการณ์
