Thai Examiner
Two Germans killed on Khao Lak died on a road that had already claimed foreign lives and seen carnage
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Key facts
- Yet they were far from the first foreign victims along Khao Lak’s Phetkasem Road, where two others have died and four have suffered serious injuries since 2022
- Wilbert Schwiers, 64, and Gabriela Gulden, 63, died on Friday after police say a pickup ran a red light at their pedestrian crossing
- German couple killed at a Khao Lak crossing join a grim roll call of foreign tourist road deaths
- Khao Lak road toll rises to four foreign deaths as repeated crashes expose danger along tourist corridor
- Speed concerns grow after two tourists die and Czech couple are seriously injured on Khao Lak road
- German family struck at Bang Niang crossing as officials order fresh road safety measures in Khao Lak
Summary
### German couple killed at a Khao Lak crossing join a grim roll call of foreign tourist road deaths. Four have died on its Phetkasem corridor since 2022, while Koh Samui’s notorious bends have claimed Australian, Indian, Swiss and other lives.
The horrific deaths of two German tourists in Khao Lak have exposed a grim roll call of accident blackspots for foreign visitors at Thailand’s holiday resorts. Wilbert Schwiers, 64, and Gabriela Gulden, 63, died on Friday after police say a pickup ran a red light at their pedestrian crossing. Yet they were far from the first foreign victims along Khao Lak’s Phetkasem Road, where two others have died and four have suffered serious injuries since 2022.
A German couple arrived in Khao Lak for a holiday last week. Two days later, both were dead. Wilbert Schwiers, 64, and Gabriela Gulden, 63, were struck while crossing Phetkasem Road on Friday night. They were using a controlled pedestrian crossing outside Orchid Khao Lak in Nang Thong. Police say a white Mazda BT-50 drove through a red signal before hitting them. Their holiday was due to continue until October 9. Instead, it ended on the resort’s main highway.