Four killed in accidents in one day
TWO FOREIGN MEN AND A THAI woman were killed in a motorbike collision on Wiset Rd, Rawai, early last Sunday morning (Mar 24).
According to CCTV footage from the area, the accident occurred at about 2:48am. Pol Lt Col Somkiat Sarasit of the Chalong Police was informed of the accident soon after.
Police arrived at the scene, in front of Pan’s Kitchen restaurant opposite Soi Salika, to find a Phuket -registered Honda Click motorbike and a blue Yamaha YZF-R1, a 998cc sports motorcycle, both with heavy damage.
Three people were already dead at the scene: a 36-year-old Russian man named by police only as “Kristofer Joseph”; a 52-year-old Swedish man named by police as Magnus Stefan Anderson; and a 44-year-old Thai woman identified as Kanokkan Taphao, registered as a resident of Rawai.
An 18-year-old Thai woman at the scene, identified as Phattharawarin Phontham from Nakhon Sri Thammarat, was injured and rushed to hospital.
Police said they were the accident.
According to the preliminary investigation, the Russian man “Mr Kristofer” and 18-yearold Ms Phattharawarin were riding the Honda Click motorbike while Mr Anderson and Ms Kanokkan were riding Yamaha R1, registered in Bangkok, when the motorbikes collided.
Two motorbikes parked by the side of the road were also damaged in the accident.
By 10pm last Sunday night, Thalang Police were informed of an accident in front of a house in Baan Don, Tambon Thepkrasattri, that killed a 25-year-old Russian man.
Pol Lt Col Niwat Thimket of the Thalang still investigating
Police was informed of the accident, and officers soon arrived at the scene to find the motorbike, a Phuket registered Yamaha NMAX, still upright, wedged between a power pole and the front gate to the house.
The body of the man, identified as Evegenii Viktorovich, was on the driveway in front of the gate.
From their preliminary investigation, police reported that the man was driving towards Cherng Talay when he lost control of the motorbike on a curve and slammed into the wall.
Rescue workers at the scene, from both the Thepkrasattri Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) and the Phuket Kusoldharm Foundation, transported Mr Viktorovich’s body to Thalang Hospital. His motorbike was taken to Thalang Police Station as evidence while police continue their investigation.
According to the police report at the time, police had yet to inform Russian consular officials of the man’s death.
According to national road safety agency Thai RSC, as of Monday (Mar 25), 52 people had died in accidents on Phuket’s roads since the beginning of the year, with another 6,701 people injured. Eakkapop Thongtub