Man dies after falling from bridge, getting hit by car following spat

A Singaporean man in Thailand died after he fell from an overhead pedestrian bridge and was hit by a car last Tuesday.

Wu Zhiming, 47, had been seen arguing with a woman in Chum Phae district in the country’s Khon Kaen province. She is believed to be his Thai wife, Chinese evening papers Shin Min Daily News and Lianhe Wanbao reported.

After she drove off alone toward Bangkok, he fell from the bridge onto the road in front of a white Toyota.

Its driver told The Bangkok Post that he saw a man suddenly fall from the bridge, but was not able to avoid hitting him.

A passport and air tickets were found on Wu’s body.

Shin Min reported that Wu registered his marriage to his Thai wife in February 2013. While the couple have a three-year-old daughter, they live apart most of the time, with Wu visiting his wife and child in Thailand often. He also has 17-year-old twin sons from a previous marriage.

Wu’s mother told Shin Min: “He often shuttles back and forth between Singapore and Thailand, and usually does not inform on return dates.”

She added that Wu flew to Thailand last Saturday. Wanbao reported that his wife and daughter left Singapore a few days before Wu did.

His brother told Wanbao that Wu had applied for a flat with his wife. Since his marriage, he had worked three jobs—as a security officer, Uber driver and a waiter in a restaurant—and would leave home at 7 a.m. and return only at 3 or 4 a.m. the next morning.

The brother added that the family seldom communicated with Wu’s wife, owing to the language barrier.

The woman and eyewitnesses have been questioned by Thai police.