Police volunteer killed in road crash while chasing defiant biker
A police volunteer in Samut Prakan province was killed early Saturday when his motorcycle crashed into a truck while chasing a biker who refused to stop at a road checkpoint.
Nop-anon Omod, 42, died at the scene of the accident on Soi Judsun Sanoh 7 in Tambon Thai Ban Mai in Samut Prakan’s Muang district. The incident happened at 1.30am.
Another police volunteer, Kawee Chaisaeng, 26, said he saw either the rider or the one riding pillion of the chased motorcycle kick Nop-anon’s motorcycle before it crashed into the rear of the parked truck, causing it to spin and hit a wall.
Kawee said he and Nop-anon were manning a road checkpoint of the Praekkasa community with a policeman to prevent road racing. They saw three motorcycles coming so they asked the riders to stop, but one of the bikes sped off prompting Nop-anon Kawee to chase them.
Rangsan Surapol, 23, who rode one of the three motorcycles that were asked to stop, said the fleeing bike was ridden by Atthapol Naknual, 25, with Arthit Weeraphan, 19, riding pillion.
Rangsan said he and those on two other motorcycles were returning from a party when they were asked to stop. He said Atthapol might have feared being arrested for drunk driving.
