Police said Pol Sub-Lt Paithoon Luang-aram, 66, a retired traffic policeman of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau, jumped from the pedestrian bridge in front of a restaurant on Ratchapruek Road in Tambon Bang Rak Noi.

Paithoon died at the scene from head injuries.

Witnesses told police that Paithoon was drinking at a restaurant with a girlfriend and the two left separately. Paithoon was seen calling several taxis but he did not get in. He eventually walked up the bridge and jumped over.

Retired traffic policeman jumps to death from pedestrian bridge in Nonthaburi

A retired traffic policeman jumped from a pedestrian bridge to his death in Nonthaburi's Muang district early on Thursday.