One man dead, cow uninjured as motorbike slams into livestock

One Myanmar national is dead and another injured after the motorbike they were riding struck a cow on Phuket’s busy bypass road Wednesday night.

Lt. Ranaphum Permphoon of the Phuket City Police said the men were heading southbound when they drove into the wayward livestock.

The police were unable to identify the man at the time of publication due the language barrier. The men weren’t carrying IDs
“Both of them were taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital, but one of them — the driver — was pronounced dead from his injuries at 12:15am,” the officer told The Phuket News.

“The other man he has chest injuries and his injuries to his leg, but somehow did not have any broken bones,” he added.

He added that the cow was uninjured.

Story: The Phuket News