The driver of a crashed car was found dead inside the wreckage almost 12 hours later - after it had been towed to the police pound.
The discovery has drawn harsh criticism of police and the people who attended the crash scene for their failure to check the car for the missing driver.
The car hit a concrete barrier on a motorway in Si Racha district of Chon Buri province on Tuesday morning.
Emergency responders saw no sign of the driver and the smashed-up car was shortly afterwards towed to the local police vehicle pound.
A police officer at the pound who examined the wreck later that evening was surprised to find the body of Phattarachai Atthaporn, 68, still in the driver's seat. He had severe neck injuries and broken bones and had been dead several hours, Thai media reported.
A rescue team did not see the driver at the accident scene and thought he might have been taken to hospital before they arrived.
The news trended on social media, with heavy criticism of those involved for not checking for survivors.
