60-year-old man killed by pickup as he walks to local shop
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A 60-year-old man with impaired sight and hearing was hit and killed by a pickup truck while he was walking on the roadside in Pathum Thani on Thursday morning, police said.
The victim was identified as Ruay Eamcharoen, a resident of Moo 3 village in Tambon Ban Mai of Pathum Thani’s Mueang district.
The truck driver, Natthaporn Saephu, 23, said he was driving home after working night shift at a construction site when the accident happened.
He said he did not see the man walking on the roadside.
Relatives of the victim said the man had impaired sight and hearing and he walked to a local shop every morning.
