A woman three months pregnant was hit by a speeding pickup truck attempting to overtake, resulting in her leg being severed and causing a miscarriage. The pickup driver has now surrendered, claiming he did not realize he hit a person and denies fleeing the scene too.
At 00:30 on 14 Apr, Lieutenant Colonel Nipon Sornarin, an investigator at Mueang Ratchaburi Police Station, received a report of a pickup truck colliding with a motorcycle, injuring two women, one seriously with a severed leg, on Phikunthong-Banrai Chao Nuea Road, Village 3, Phikunthong Subdistrict, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province. After receiving the report, he notified superiors and proceeded to the scene with rescue teams from Phikunthong, Ratchaburi Hospital, and the Borommaratchanasuan Foundation of Ratchaburi.
At the scene, a green and white Yamaha Fino motorcycle with Phichit license plates was found heavily damaged from the collision. Nearby lay two seriously injured women: Ms. A (alias), 21, the motorcycle rider with a broken leg, and Ms. Thanyaporn, 20, the passenger, whose leg was severed and found about 10 meters away near a tire repair shop close to the accident site.
The pickup truck responsible fled the scene. Authorities coordinated police radio units to intercept the vehicle but found no trace, as the area has many junctions and the incident occurred at night.
Initial inquiries revealed that Ms. A and Ms. Thanyaporn were riding the motorcycle along Phikunthong-Banrai Chao Nuea Road, a single-lane road each way, heading toward Damnoen Saduak District. At the accident site, an unidentified pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction overtook other vehicles and veered into the motorcycle's path, striking it and causing injuries. The victims were transported to Ratchaburi Hospital.
Subsequently, Police Colonel Paiboon Praeseenuan, superintendent of Mueang Ratchaburi Police Station, ordered investigators to review all CCTV footage along possible routes. They identified the suspect pickup truck fleeing toward Huai Chinsi Intersection, Ang Thong Subdistrict, believed to be the driver's residence. Police then coordinated with local village leaders to urge the driver to surrender.
Meanwhile, after Ms. Thanyaporn was admitted to Ratchaburi Hospital, doctors informed her family that besides her severe leg injury, she had miscarried a fetus at just over three months' gestation. Her family publicly called for the pickup driver to take responsibility.
Police Colonel Paiboon urgently directed the Mueang Ratchaburi investigative team to intensify pressure on the pickup driver throughout the day to secure his surrender.
The news team spoke with Mr. Tor (alias), father of Ms. Thanyaporn, who said he recently visited his daughter at Ratchaburi Hospital. She remains comatose and is undergoing surgery, currently on a ventilator. Her leg was severed up to the hip by the impact, and doctors said it cannot be reattached, leaving her permanently disabled.
Most heartbreaking, he learned his daughter's three-month-old fetus had died in the womb. Although separated from his daughter's mother for some time, he has continued supporting her. Seeing CCTV footage showing his daughter's leg flying off from the collision devastated him. He expressed deep anger that the pickup driver neither braked nor stopped to check on his daughter and urged police to pursue full charges and ensure the driver provides compensation and care for his daughter's lifelong disability.
At 14:00 on 14 Apr 2026, Mr. Khetarat, 48, the white pickup driver with Ratchaburi plates involved in the collision with Ms. A and Ms. Thanyaporn, surrendered at Mueang Ratchaburi Police Station. Initially, he stated that on the night of the accident returning home to Ang Thong Subdistrict, he overtook a motorcycle and heard a collision but thought he hit a cow, not a person, and drove home. Around 02:00, he returned to the scene but found no one and then went home.
Mr. Khetarat further stated he did not flee and was unaware he had hit a person, as he did not see motorcycle lights coming toward him. Learning of the incident the next morning, he promptly surrendered to police.
Throughout, Mr. Khetarat appeared tense. When questioned, he said he had just returned from a friend's birthday party and felt he hit something at the accident site. He did not stop to help because he believed he hit a cow and denied intending to flee. He came to surrender after seeing social media coverage to take responsibility.
When asked about drinking on the accident day, he initially admitted to drinking but then clarified he meant drinking water and soft drinks, not alcohol, insisting he was not intoxicated.
Asked if he wished to apologize to the victims and the deceased three-month fetus, he replied he would apologize personally and reiterated he was not drunk.
The news team obtained CCTV footage from a gas station near Chedi Hak Intersection in Ratchaburi, where police and investigators tracked the pickup truck overnight. After the accident, Mr. Khetarat parked at the station and inspected front-end damage, including a cracked driver's side window, broken fender, and flat front driver's side tire. He changed to a spare tire before driving toward Huai Chinsi Intersection in Ang Thong, his home area.
Police have charged Mr. Khetarat with reckless driving causing serious injury, property damage, and failing to stop to assist and report the accident. He underwent blood alcohol testing; if positive, further charges will be added. Although he surrendered voluntarily, police oppose bail during investigation, pending detailed inquiry. Bail decisions will be at the Ratchaburi court's discretion.