Pickup driver smuggling Chinese migrants fatally hits rider during police chase

The pickup truck used to smuggle Chinese migrants is riddled with bullet holes after its driver fled police and collided head-on with a delivery rider in Mae Sot district, Tak, on Tuesday. The rider died at the scene. (Photo: Natthawut Kititee Facebook account)

Four illegal Chinese migrants were detained after a pickup truck driver transporting them fled police, drove against traffic and fatally struck a motorcycle delivery rider in Mae Sot district, Tak province, on Tuesday. The Thai driver was arrested.

Mae Sot police said they received reports of an Isuzu D-Max pickup, registered in Tak, fleeing officers before colliding head-on with a motorcycle and killing the rider instantly. The victim was identified only as Nu, 35.