Robert Griffin, 48, was riding his white Honda Click motorbike to the local shops. He reportedly collided head-on with an oncoming motorbike and sidecar and died at scene.
How it happened
Robert was travelling without a helmet and suffered severe brain injuries upon impact.
He was riding motorbike to the local shops when he veered into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a motorcycle-and-sidecar in Krabi province, in the south of Thailand.
The collision sent him spinning toward roadside, where he was found by police officers in the Ao Nang district at around 10 am on Thursday, August 10.
Robert, from Fife, Scotland, suffered severe head injuries and was found unconscious next to his damaged motorcycle. He was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
He is understood to have been on holiday at the time of the crash.
The other driver, who waited at the scene of the crash for police officers and paramedics, was taken to a local police station for questioning.
Robert’s Thai wife, who has not been named, said that he was visiting her for one of his regular holidays to Thailand and had only arrived in the country the day before.
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She said: ‘He still lived in Scotland and came to Krabi a day before the accident. I think he was tired from the flight. I had gone shopping in the city when the crash happened.
‘I am still in shock. I always told him to be careful on the motorbike. I don’t know how he could crash.’
Robert, a senior shipping officer, had previously led operations on cargo ships, oil drilling vessels and rigs with shipping giant Maersk.
What police say
Police believe Robert may have momentarily taken his eyes off the road, then swerved out of control when he found he was driving in the opposite lane and smashed into the oncoming motorbike.
He was travelling without a helmet and suffered severe brain injuries upon impact.
Police Captain Thirakorn Thairit of the Aonang Police Station said: ‘The police intend to interview the other driver and witnesses as part of the legal process. The dead man’s body will be handed over to his wife for funeral arrangements.
‘The British Embassy in Bangkok has been contacted and informed of the death of their citizen.’
