A British couple on a round-the-world cycling tour have been killed in a road crash in Thailand.
Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both artists aged 34 from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, set off on a global adventure in July 2011 and had cycled through Europe, the Middle East and China.
But the couple died last week when they were run over by the driver of a pick-up truck while riding their bicycles on a road 70 miles east of Bangkok, in Phanom Sarakham, Chachoengsao.
The couple met 14 years ago at a college in Falmouth, Cornwall.
During their trip, they had documented their experiences on a website called Two on Four Wheels.
They had cycled through Europe and a number of danger areas including Iran and Afghanistan.
A Foreign & Commonwealth Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the deaths of two British nationals in Thailand on February 13 and we are providing consular assistance."
