2-year-old girl, one man killed after speeding car rams into their bicycles

A speeding Toyota Altis rammed into two bicycles in Khon Kaen yesterday, injuring one woman and killing two people — including a two-year-old girl — before the driver abandoned his car and fled the scene.

According to CCTV footage, the Toyota hit cyclist Chumporn Kertklao, 52, before it lost control and crashed into another cyclist, Jiraporn Klanak, 56, whose 2-year-old granddaughter Nattawadee Pansamrong was sitting on the back of the bicycle.

Chumporn and the two-year-old girl were killed instantly while Jiraporn was seriously injured and sent to hospital.

The driver, who has not been identified, abandoned his car and escaped. CCTV footage shows him run into a field on the roadside.

Police found an opened can of beer and a pack of cigarettes in the front seat of the car.

The owner of the Toyota, whose name has not been disclosed, turned himself in to police last night to prove his innocence and he told officers his close friend borrowed the car.

However, officers didn’t believe his story and made him take a drugs test. The result came back positive and he will be charged for drug offences.

Police will now investigate if the owner of the car was the person who hit the three victims, Morning News reported.



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