At the u-turn in front of Chong Lom temple on Sukhumvit highway police and paramedics found a dead teenager beside his wrecked motorbike in the middle of the highway.
Not too far away from the bike was black Isuzu pick-up which had some damage on its bonnet.
The truck driver, Thirawat Siripru, 37, said he and his girlfriend were coming in town at high speed and could slow down quickly enough and hit the bike as it was doing a u-turn.
Emergency services tend to the dead man
PMTV