Zoe Luckett, a long-term resident in Kamala, was killed by a white passenger van at the main intersection in Kamala about 9pm on Saturday.
The van driver had run a red light at the intersection at speed. After hitting Ms Luckett, and sending her body more than 20 metres down the road, the van came to a stop.
However, the speed of the van and the force of the impact killed Ms Luckett instantly. Regardless, an ambulance soon arrived and transported Ms Luckett’s body to Patong Hospital, where she was formally pronounced dead.
Kamala Police have yet to respond to or publicly recognise the accident. Police told local residents that the CCTV cameras at the intersection were not working, and hence did not record the incident.
However, CCTV footage from local businesses in the area has been refused by police, local residents told The Phuket News.
One source claimed that the driver of the van was not even subjected to an alcohol test.
“We want justice for Zoe first and foremost,” one local expat told The Phuket News.
“And secondly we want to highlight the danger of this main road that has become nothing short of a race track for taxis and motorbikes, with multiple deaths occurring here since it became a four-lane highway in the middle of a small town,” the expat noted.
“We need to push for traffic control (speed humps and signage) to stop these speeding idiots and stop any further deaths in our small town. How much is one life worth versus the small cost of installing traffic control measures,” he added.
Ms Luckett was a long-term resident expat living in Kamala for many years and loved by the whole community, the expat concluded.