Phuket Holiday Ends in Tragedy as Helmetless British Man Crashes Motorcycle



PHUKET: A British man has been killed in a motorcycle crash in the Kamala area of Phuket, north of Patong, on Phuket's west coast.

A motorcycle being ridden by Jason Paul Richards, 40, hit the pavement near the FantaSea show as he headed back towards central Kamala village about 12.30am on Tuesday.

Mr Richards died later, in Patong Hospital. He was not wearing a helmet.

Friends told police they had been with Mr Richards earlier at a bar not far away. He had been staying on Phuket for about three months.

Phuket's British honorary consul, Mr Martin Carpenter, said today that Mr Richards' family had been notified.

Phuketwan supports Mothers or Motorcycles (MoM), an action group that supports the 100 percent helmet campaign and aims for improved road safety.