"Tu" Warawut Wuthee, a co-founder of the Future Forward Party, died in a traffic accident in Surat Thani. Piyabutr Saengkanokkul posted a message expressing his condolences.
Reporters said that at approximately 15:35 yesterday (21 Oct), Somwang rescue unit in Mueang District, Surat Thani, received a report of a collision between a 10-wheel truck and a motorcycle at the intersection leading to Koteng Road, Village No. 2, Wat Pradoo Subdistrict, Mueang District, Surat Thani. Injuries were reported, and rescuers went to the scene.
On arrival at the outbound lane toward Phunphin District, they found a white Isuzu 10-wheel truck registered in Surat Thani stopped. At the front bumper, a black Honda Wave 125 motorcycle had been hit and knocked over. Warawut Wuthee, known as Tu, aged 68, was lying on the road unconscious. He was rushed to Surat Thani Hospital but later died.
Warawut, or Tu, was a former co-founder of the Future Forward Party, a former party-list MP candidate for Future Forward, a former Move Forward Party MP candidate for Surat Thani Constituency 1, and currently a leader of the People's Party working group in Surat Thani. He was recently drafting the Palm Oil Act.
Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, leader of the Future Forward Party, posted: “Today, Brother Tu has passed away. Though he did not live to see major change, at least he witnessed the possibility for transformation. I believe Brother Tu, like me and many comrades, still thinks that soon, major change will surely come, as long as we remain committed to act and organize.”
Warawut’s family received his body and held the funeral rites at Pho Thawas Temple in Mueang District, Surat Thani. The funeral ceremonies are scheduled from 22 to 24 October, with the cremation set for 25 October.