Russian dies in Phuket motorbike crash

The rented motorcycle rests in the deep ditch beside Patak Road in Muang district of Phuket on Wednesday morning. (Photo: police)
The rented motorcycle rests in the deep ditch beside Patak Road in Muang district of Phuket on Wednesday morning. (Photo: police)

A Russian man was killed when his motorcycle plunged into a deep roadside ditch in Phuket around sunrise on Wednesday.

Police said the accident happened at a curve on Patak Road in tambon Karon about 5.50am.

Emergency responders found Pavel Uriadov, 40, lying dead next to a tree in the five-metre-deep ditch alongside the road.

His wife Anna Uriadov, 41, was on the road. She had minor injuries.

Ms Uradov told police her husband had been driving the rented motorcycle, with her riding pillion, from their hotel in Karon to visit Wat Phra Yai.

He had lost control on the curve and the motorcycle ran off the road. She had fallen off before it plunged into the ditch with her husband.

The man's body was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital for post-mortem examination.

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Vocabulary

  • curve: a line or surface that bends gradually; a smooth bend - เส้นโค้ง, ทางโค้ง
  • ditch: a long narrow open channel dug into the ground usually at the side of a road or field, which is used especially for supplying or removing water, or for dividing land - คูน้ำ
  • injury (noun): physical damage done to a person or a part of their body - อาการบาดเจ็บ
  • minor: not important; small; having little influence or effect - เล็กน้อย
  • pillion (adj): riding behind the driver of a motorcycle - นั่งซ้อนท้าย (รถจักรยานยนต์, จักรยาน)
  • plunge: to fall quickly from a high position - ดิ่งลงมาจากท้องฟ้า
  • post-mortem: a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died - การชันสูตร
  • responder: something or someone that responds to your request and provides service to you when you have a problem, such as an ambulance or fire fighters -
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