RATCHABURI: A forest ranger was killed after a four-door pick-up he was travelling in plunged into a ditch along a local road in Muang district late on Sunday night, police said.
Pol Capt Pipat Paenghom, a duty officer at Muang police station, said the accident occurred at about 10.30pm at a three-way junction near Moo 5 village in tambon Nam Phu.
When police and rescuers arrived at the scene, they found the pick-up had plunged head-first into the ditch. When the driver was removed from the vehicle by rescuers, he was found dead, his neck broken.
From documents found on him, the man was identified as Chatchawal Ngoenngam, 43, a ranger of a forest protection unit from Buri Ram's Non Din Daeng district.
Police were investigating to find the cause of the accident.
Local residents said similar accidents frequently happened at that location, especially at night, because there was no sign warning motorists that a T-junction was ahead, resulting in some driving straight into the ditch.