Mother and Young Daughter Killed in Truck Crash at Phuket Entrance

A woman and her young daughter were killed when a motorcycle carrying three people collided with a trailer truck near the entrance to Phuket on October 27. The motorcycle rider survived but sustained injuries and was taken to hospital.

The crash occurred at around 10:50am just beyond Sarasin Bridge, near the turnoff to Wat Tha Chatchai in Mai Khao subdistrict.

According to the local police report, the collision involved a motorcycle carrying three people and an 18-wheel truck with a trailer. The truck driver, identified as Thawikiat Yotkhong, told police that the motorcycle suddenly changed direction while attempting to avoid a passenger car entering the road from the temple area.

The truck driver said he tried to avoid the motorcycle, but it ended up beneath the trailer’s rear wheels. Two passengers died at the scene, while the motorcycle rider, Bidin Banchop, suffered injuries and was taken to Thalang Hospital. The truck driver was not seriously injured.

The initial police report did not identify the two people who died. However, photographs taken at the scene showed that one of the victims was a very young child, believed to be around three years old or younger.

No charges had been announced against either driver at the time of the initial report.

The police report did not provide further details about the passenger car that the truck driver said had prompted the motorcycle rider’s sudden manoeuvre. The circumstances leading up to the collision remain under investigation.