A car driving instructor, who fled right after a crash which killed a highway policeman in Pathum Thani on Thursday evening, surrendered to police later that night.
The crash happened at a bridge in Lam Luk Ka district around 6.30pm.
Police and rescue workers at the scene found Pol Sgt Setthakarn Loykhampom lying dead.
A badly damaged police motorcycle was about 100 metres away from the officer, and a black Toyota Vios was nearby with extensive damage to its front left side. An opened bottle of beer was found inside the car, but the driver was not found.
Witnesses told police that they saw the police motorcycle chasing the black car. When reaching the scene, the car hit the police bike, which fell to the ground. The car then hit concrete barriers, causing it to stop there. The driver was seen getting out of the car and fleeing down Lam Luk Ka road.
