A car driving on the shoulder of an elevated expressway hit a parked van during rush hours on Monday morning, sending the van owner into a fatal plunge to the road below.
Expressway police reported the accident around 8.45am on the inbound Chalongrat Expressway near the Sukhumvit 50 exit in Wattana district.
Thannapat Wipanpong, 68, had parked her KIA van on the road shoulder after an engine problem. She was standing outside the vehicle, making a phone call and waiting while a policeman tried to repair it.
A Toyota Fortuner driven by Nutchanat Promna, 34, ran onto the road shoulder, hitting the rear of the parked van, police said. The impact knocked the unfortunate Ms Thannapt over the safety wall and she fell to her death on the road below.
Pol Sub Lt Supoj Chainok, who had parked his motorcycle at the scene to help Ms Thannapat, was also slightly injured, as was a pregnant passenger sitting in the van.
The police motorcycle was also damaged.
Pol Lt Col Siranawitch Inthorn, the deputy chief of the Expressway Police traffic division 2, said Ms Nutchanat was interrogated and she would be charged.
