A member of the Khao Chee Chan council died when he slammed his car into the back of a garbage truck in Najomtien.
Apichart Yartcharoen, 49, died instantly when his Isuzu Dragon crashed into a trash truck during a heavy rainstorm May 1. Rescuers had to cut his body out of the mangled vehicle.
Truck driver Sanoh Wonglakorn said he had just left a gas station and was in the right-turn lane to make a U-turn when Apichart, moving at high speed, rear-ended him.
Sanoh was taken in for questioning until police could determine who was at fault in the deadly crash.