A Thai driver crashed his Mercedez Benz into a deer and killed it on Borommaratchachonnani Road close to Mahidol University in Pathum Thani province close to Bangkok yesterday.
Upon being alerted to the incident, officers from Phutthamonthon Police Station had been quick to attend the scene the place they discovered the lifeless body of a male deer. The deer had stunning antlers and weighed about 80 kilogrammes.
Witnesses and a college safety guard labored together to maneuver the animal’s physique out of the best way and close to the university entrance for additional investigation into its origin.
About a hundred metres away from the scene was a white Mercedez Benz C220. The entrance of the automobile and its left door have been badly broken. The driver and his wife waited for the cops within the automotive.
The driver, fifty five yr old Worrapoj Saelim, reported that he and his spouse had been travelling to Bangkok when the incident occurred. He claimed that an unidentified animal had run throughout the guard rail and collided along with his car. He received out of the automobile to check and was shocked to seek out that the animal was a deer. Shh! added that he had not anticipated to see a deer on such a busy street and residential space.
The police officer, Ekkasit Kongton, reported to KhaoSod that Mahidol University contacted the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) to assist with identifying the origin of the lifeless deer. The DNP confirmed that the dead deer was a Rusa deer. This species was not included on the protected animal record.
Locals in the area informed police that the deer lived in the grassland close by the accident scene. They notified the related departments in regards to the deer and urged the officers to seize it. However, the operation was unsuccessful because of the vast area.
Authorities are presently attempting to identify the deer’s proprietor. They suspect that the deer may have escaped from a nearby deer farm or may have fallen from a car while being transported.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time a deer has been involved in a visitors accident in Thailand. Two months in the past, a wild deer was significantly injured in a collision with a pickup on the highway within the japanese province of Rayong. The pickup driver, Pichet, reported that he couldn’t cease in time when the deer was darting throughout Tasit-Pluak Daeng Road.
The collision brought on large injury to the pickup. A female passenger was injured within the accident as well..