Concerns are growing for a missing Scots man as police launch a frantic search to find him.
10.08.2023 - 11:33 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots man has died after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into an oncoming driver in Thailand this morning.
Robert Griffin, 48, was riding his white Honda Click to the local shops when he veered into the opposite lane and smashed into a motorcycle-and-sidecar in Krabi province, in the south of the country. The collision sent him spinning toward the grassy 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, was found with severe head injuries next to his damaged motorcycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene before paramedics took away his body in an ambulance. The other unnamed driver, 35, who had been riding a Honda Wave with a sidecar attached, was also at the scene waiting for the officers. He was taken to the police station for questioning.
Robert's Thai wife, Sasitorn, said that he was visiting her for one of his regular holidays to Thailand and had only arrived in the country the day before.
She said: "I can't process what has happened. I'm having a hard time understanding it. I am numb. I don't think it's real.
"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 had previously lead operations on cargo ships, oil drilling vessels and rigs with shipping giant Maersk. He joined a global shipping agency last year to carry on working while giving him more time to study for shipping exams to fulfil his dream of becoming a captain - the highest rank onboard a vessel.
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