Chon Buri Tragedy: Mother and Daughter’s Fatal Accident on Sukaphiban Road

In a heart-wrenching tragedy yesterday, a serene afternoon in Chon Buri province turned into a scene of sorrow, as a mother and daughter tragically lost their lives. The incident, happening around the balmy hour of 3pm on June 30, unfolded along the bustling Sukaphiban 8 Road within the quaint shadows of the Khao Khayai community in the picturesque Bo Win subdistrict, nestled in the serene Si Racha district.

Police Lieutenant Somporn Panjan, the dedicated Deputy Inspector of Bo Win Police Station, was first on the scene after receiving a distressing report of a severe accident involving two individuals. This set off a chain of urgency, as emergency medical teams from three notable hospitals — Lanthom Hospital, Somdej Phra Borommaratchathewi Na Si Racha, and Laem Chabang Hospital — rushed to the site hoping for a miracle, yet encountering heartbreak. The rescue teams arrived to find two women, unconscious and gravely injured, lying near their once trusty and now overturned black and white Honda Scoopy motorbike. The victims were later identified as 66-year-old Samlee Khuridee and her daughter, 38-year-old Rasamee Khuridee, both suffering traumatic head injuries and multiple fractures.

Amidst the debris lay a torn clothing bag, its contents scattered like memories laid bare under the stark afternoon sun. Across the road, stood a black Mitsubishi pickup, as if frozen in time, its right front bumper sadly whispering the tale it just witnessed. Driven by a 49-year-old man named Kraisorn, the vehicle had been part of a fateful equation that would forever alter the lives of two families.

The tragedy grew heavier as it became clear that despite the valiant efforts of paramedics and rescue personnel to revive the women, they were heart-wrenchingly pronounced dead on the scene. As if drawn by an invisible tether, Samlee’s husband arrived, cradling her lifeless body and succumbing to a storm of tears, comforted by relatives who desperately tried to mend what had been broken.

In the cool, impartial gaze of CCTV cameras, the sequence of events was captured: Kraisorn’s Mitsubishi was headed from Bo Win to the neighboring Bueng subdistrict, while Samlee’s motorbike, adorned with its cargo of cherished clothing, was bound in the opposite direction. Witnesses recounted how the motorcycle, steady and sure on its path, inexplicably veered right into the pickup’s path, culminating in a cataclysmic collision.

Piyawan, a fellow motorcyclist traveling just behind, vividly recalled the sudden and violent interruption to an otherwise uneventful ride. What was moments ago a regular day was transformed into chaos and calamity. Witnessing the collision, Piyawan rushed to help, her heart aching with the realization of the unthinkable loss that had just occurred.

The day had started on a somber note for the Khuridee family. Having just attended a merit-making ceremony for a dearly departed sister, Samlee and Rasamee were amidst the ebb and flow of familial responsibility — a tribute to a sister, a shared sorrow, and a kindness extended through the ritual redistribution of a loved one’s garments to neighbors.

Yet, fate had other plans. Almost poetically brutal in its timing, the accident occurred soon after their journey began. Loved ones, stricken by the news, recounted their tale to the inquiring eyes of KhaoSod reporters. The police, in their meticulous quest for justice and understanding, directed that the bodies be transported to Laem Chabang Hospital for a respectful autopsy.

Back at Bo Win Police Station, Kraisorn now faces the scrutiny of law enforcement, tasked with unraveling the threads of yesterday’s tragedy to find closure for the threads of two lives unexpectedly cut.