Briton flees after 2 killed in pickup-car crash
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A British man allegedly crashed his Mercedes Benz into the rear of a pickup truck resulting in the death of its two occupants in Chiang Mai’s San Sai district on Wednesday night. Following the accident at 11.30pm, police rushed to the Chiang Mai-Doi Saket
San Sai deputy superintendent Pol Lt-Colonel Pongsak Reunkaew said police found the passport of British national Simon Wellings, believed to be the driver, inside the car along with a computer notebook and money. Another sedan, which was tailing the Benz, also couldn’t stop in time and ended up hitting the truck. The sedan driver Sukij Simakul was slightly injured.
