A Chilean inter-continental cyclist who expected to complete a world record this year was killed when hit by a pickup truck on Mittraphap Road on Saturday afternoon. His Singaporean wife and two-year-old son Lucas sustained minor injuries.
Police said the Chilean was Francisco Villa, aged 48.
Villa and his family had made a rest stop at a police checkpoint in Khon Kaen's Phon district on Saturday morning before heading off to Nakhon Ratchasima with the bicycle pulling a carriage. Before they left the checkpoint, Villa told a policeman he would later travel to Australia.