The 24-year-old Pornnupol Pimngam and the 31-year-old Chinese man Wan Chang Chen were instantly killed a little after midnight on Bang Khan-Nong Sua Road in Khlong Luang district, Pol Lt-Colonel Sunthorn Rattanaporn of the Khlong 5 Police Station said.
The driver of the 22-wheel trailer truck, Krissana Mahasamut, 29, who waited for police at the scene, said he was driving from Pathum Thani’s Sam Khok district to deliver gas to a gas station in Khlong Luang when he dozed off behind the wheel and crashed into the pulled-over SUV. A grief-stricken relative of the deceased victim punched Krissana on the face, prompting police to intervene. The relative was charged with assault.
An eyewitness and one of the six SUV passengers said that the group was returning from a party in the Talad Thai area and heading home to Bangkok’s Yaowarat when his employee and his son-in-law pulled over to answer the call of nature. As the two men were about to get into