A road accident drill went terribly wrong, leading to the death of a woman motorcyclist, in Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday.
The road drill followed a visit by the Deputy Interior Minister, who laid down his road safety policy for the New Year holiday at the Phimai district office on Sunday.
In the afternoon local district and health officials, and rescue workers organised a road accident response exercise on the highway.
Traffic police closed one side of the road, and opposing flows of vehicles were directed to use the other side.
Tragically, this led to a collision between a motorcycle and a sugarcane truck pulling a trailer.
The woman motorcyclist was run over and crushed to death, and her male companion seriously injured.
The safety drill was being held on a busy road where motorists tend to drive fast -- exceptsugarcane trucks.
