
The accident happened at about 4am at the U-turn in front of the Sailom housing estate on Chaenwattana Road in Nonthaburi’s Pakkret district.
Pol Major Samphan Sawaeng, 33, an inspector of at Sutthisarn Police Station, died while being taken to Chonlaprathan hospital.
Police said the No 52 bus came out from a soi and cut front of Samphan’s vehicle to make a u-turn, causing the officer to crash into the side of the bus.
Samphan had just finished work.