PHANG NGA — A tourist from the United Arab Emirates was killed and three others were injured after four motorcycles crashed simultaneously in southern Thailand’s Phang Nga province on Friday evening, police said.
The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 on Phetkasem Road in Takua Thung district, on lanes heading toward Phuket, near the Wandee Lan Palm area in Krasom subdistrict, authorities said.
Police arriving at the scene found four motorcycles scattered across the roadway. All four riders, UAE nationals, were injured and given first aid before being taken to hospital.
The motorcycles were identified as Yamaha XMAX models bearing Phuket license plates in black, red, white and gray, police said.
Hospital officials later identified the riders as Mohamed Abdulla, 33; Humaid Ali Juma, 27; Saud Abdelaziz, 25; and Butti Rashid, 33. Saud Abdelaziz later died from his injuries, authorities said.
Police said the UAE embassy has been notified. Investigators are waiting for the surviving riders to recover sufficiently before questioning them to determine the cause of the crash.
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