Off-duty nursing assistant in Thailand fatally run over by pickup truck after stopping to help injured brawlers

A nursing assistant in Thailand was killed when she stopped to help several youngsters injured in a midnight brawl.

Kanokrat Yotsathiwong, 24, was allegedly run over by a pickup truck driven by one of the brawlers, and succumbed to severe injuries.

The accident occurred on Chiang Mai Super Highway in the wee hours of Sunday (Nov 1), reported Khaosod English.

Local police said two groups of youths were involved in a brawl, but dispersed after police intervention.

They later chased each other in vehicles, according to The Thaiger.

In the ensuing melee, a motorcycle crashed.

Police said Kanokrat was riding her motorbike past the scene when she saw the injured people.

As she was rendering assistance, a pickup truck fatally hit her.

Kanokrat was an alumnus of Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Medicine, and worked in the university hospital after graduation.

The university conveyed its condolences in a Facebook post on Nov 1, remembering Kanokrat for her compassion and selflessness.

Meanwhile, the driver of the pickup truck surrendered himself to the police in the morning, claiming that he was escaping shooting from rivals, according to Khaosod English.

The report said the police suspect the driver had been driving negligently and at high speed and are investigating his statement.

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