Distracted driver ploughs into motorcyclists, kills two
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Two motorcyclists were killed and three others injured in Kanchanaburi early Thursday morning when they were struck from behind by an SUV whose driver was reaching down for a dropped object.
The accident happened at 2.45am on Thamuang-Kanchanaburi Road in Thamuang district.
Police said Krit Siradamrongrit, 19, died at the scene and Pichitra Meesanthia, 18, died at hospital. The motorcyclists were on their way to a temple to make merit.
The SUV driver, a woman who police did not identify, remained at the scene.
