At 1.45 am on early Saturday morning (May 18), a German tourist died on his motorcycle in Chiang Mai. The German was driving with his high-performance motorcycle contrary to the driving direction as a ghost driver when he raced head-on against a pickup on a two-lane road in Chiang Mai.
Early Saturday morning, the police and local rescue workers in Chiang Mai were called to an accident on Mahidol Road in Pa Daed Township. A German tourist, later identified as Jan S. by the police, was riding in the wrong lane with his fast motorcycle, a Honda Rebel 500, racing into a pickup head-on. Any help came too late for the German. He died at the scene of the accident.
In the first investigation into the accident, the police also discovered a lot of marijuana in a plastic bag with zipper, which the German at the time of the accident carried with him. The man's Honda Rebel 500 motorcycle was severely damaged in the accident. Mr S. collided head-on with a pickup truck driven by the 26-year-old Sutton, Suesat.
The visibly shocked driver of the pickup told the police that he was traveling pretty fast at that time and suddenly discovered the motorcycle that was heading straight for him in the wrong lane. The 26-year-old went on record that he could not stop in time, and raced the motorcycle in full head-on against his pickup.
The police questioned several on-site eyewitnesses who told the officers that they had seen the young man driving his Honda to a 7-Eleven store before the accident. He probably bought something there and then got back on his bike.
However, they continued to record, the man was driven in the wrong direction after leaving the shop. The witnesses further stated that the German was apparently intoxicated when he got on his motorcycle.
The corpse of the German was taken to a police forensic hospital. Here, the doctors should determine whether the German was at the time of the accident under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Sources: The Nation, Honda, Live Lifes Ordinary