SONGKHLA: A factory worker was killed when his motorcycle crashed into a power pole in Hat Yai district on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident was reported about 7am on Hat Yai-Rattaphum road near Moo 5 village in tambon Khuan Lang, Pol Sub-Lt Chanon Srisuwan, of Hat Yai police station, said.
Emergency responders found the man lying dead at the foot of the power pole, with severe head injuries, near a crash-damaged Honda Click.
The man was later identified as Piyapan Satae, 30, from Narathiwat, a factory worker at the Southern Industrial Estate in tambon Chalung of Hat Yai district.
Nobody witnessed the accident.