Two new teachers crushed to death by truck in Samut Prakan
Two new teachers were crushed to death on Thursday morning by a trailer truck on a Samut Prakan road just 100 metres away from their school, police said.
Police said Namfon Boontem, 26, and Kasornkamol Damsup, 25, were killed when their Honda Scoopy motorcycle hit a truck and their heads were crushed when they hit the pavement on Suksawat-Pom Phra Chulachomklao Road in Tambon Laem Fahpha in Phra Samut Chedi district.
The two were teachers at Wat Trai Mitr school.
Watcharee Meesoy, a teacher at the school, said the two had just passed probation after starting at the school last September. The two stayed in the same room at the school’s teachers residence and rode their motorcycle to the school.
Watcharee said the two apparently lost control of the motorcycle as it climbed up a bridge crossing a canal, causing them to hit a truck in the opposite lane. The bridge was built uneven with the road.
Police took the truck driver, Somsak Thibodee, 41, for questioning. Police said they would interrogate more witnesses before deciding whether to place charges.
