A British tourist has been killed and a second critically injured when their motorcycle crashed into a bin lorry in the Thai island of Koh Samui.

It’s reported the 36-year-old and his 30-year-old friend were killed after leaving a bar in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Police and paramedics arrived at the scene and performed CPR on the 36-year-old, who had been a pillion passenger, for around 10 minutes but he was pronounced dead, the Sun reports.

The other tourist was taken to the Koh Samui Hospital for treatment.