Tag: accident
3 Laotian women die as van slams into truck in Rayong
A VAN carrying 14 Laotians rammed into a 10-wheel truck that had stopped at a red light in Klaeng district of Rayong province at 3 a.m. this morning (Jan. 26) killing three women from the neighbouring country, Sanook.com said. A police team from Klaeng station together with Buddhist volunteers and Sawang Phon Charity Foundation …
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Update: BTS escalator accident blamed on teenagers slipping and falling
POLICE said the escalator accident at BTS Surasak station this evening (August 20) that left 27 people injured occurred after a large crowd of teenagers returning home from a concert at a nearby school rushed in amidst the rain but someone slipped at the top of the stairs moving up causing others too to …
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14 injured as BTS escalator suddenly speeds up
AROUND 14 people were injured this evening (August 20) after an escalator at BTS Surasak station suddenly started descending rapidly throwing them down, Daily News and The Standard said. Rescuers from Ruam Katanyu Foundation quickly rushed there and took those injured to Taksin, Charoenkrung Pracharak, and Chulalongkorn hospitals for treatment. They said that the …
Singaporean woman dies after slamming sedan into a bus in Phuket
A SINGAPOREAN woman driving a sedan up Phuket’s Kata hill at high speed at midnight last night (August 12) hit a bus coming downhill and later died with her four passengers and three others in the bus getting injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (August 13). Pol. Capt. Chanarong Prakongkua, deputy inspector at Karon …
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Student dashing across the road badly injured after being hit by car
A SEVENTH grade female student who ran across a road in Rayong without heeding a warning from her caretaker and not waiting for her friends was badly injured after being hit by a sedan this afternoon (July 25), Sanook.com said. At 4 p.m. today Pluak Daeng Foundation was notified of an accident on Road …
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Canadian woman biking in Kanchanaburi dies after being hit by pickup truck
A CANADIAN woman biking in Kanchanaburi with her husband died early this morning (June 18) after being hit by a pickup truck while changing lanes to make a U-turn, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.30 a.m. Pol. Capt. Chairat Chananan, a deputy inspector at Mueang Kanchanaburi police station, was alerted of the accident on …
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French woman biking in Ayutthaya dies after being hit by sedan
TWO women tourists, one French and the other American, were hit by a sedan while riding their bicycles across an intersection in Ayutthaya city last night (May 25) with the former dying in the hospital while the latter survived her injuries and the accident blamed on a confusion over the traffic light signals, Matichon …
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Double trouble for sedan hit by uninsured police bus
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media today (May 15) is the account of a Bangkok sedan driver who after being hit by an uninsured police bus was urged by the policemen in the large vehicle to agree to being hit again by an insured white van so as to claim insurance payment, Matichon newspaper …
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Traffic misery at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection after bad accident
THERE were terrible traffic jams at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection early this morning (May 11) after some steel beams fell off a truck and hit a sedan following behind but fortunately no one was injured, Thai Rath and Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Col. Thanawat Wiphatothai, a deputy inspector at Makkasan police station, was alerted of this …
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5 dead, 20 injured as tour bus crashes into bridge in Saraburi
A TOUR BUS got badly damaged and tilted after crashing into a bridge at its entrance ramp in Saraburi province at around 3 p.m. today (Mar. 12) killing five passengers and leaving 20 other injured, Matichon newspaper said. The driver of the Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi tour bus, owned by Sahaphan Roiet Tour Co., Ltd., lost control of …
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Scaffolding collapses at Wireless-Rama 4 project site killing 2 workers
TWO CONSTRUCTION workers were crushed to death when scaffolding at a mixed-use project at the corner of Wireless and Rama 4 roads collapsed today (Feb. 16), Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Prakan Kawee, an investigator at Lumpini police station, rushed to One Bangkok mixed-use project site upon hearing of the accident where a luxury …
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Army truck carrying gravel overturns after tyre explodes
AN ARMY truck transporting gravel from Saraburi province to Bangkok overturned in the middle of a road in Pathum Thani province after the rear tyre exploded but fortunately the lone soldier driving the vehicle was not injured, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Nov. 22). At 2 p.m. Pol.Maj. Singha Fuengkaew, a traffic inspector at Khlong Luang …
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3 young girls die after crashing their motorbike into a parked trailer-truck
TWO teenage sisters and their 11-year-old cousin died last evening (Nov. 20) in Roi Et province after slamming their motorcycle into a parked trailer-truck that had neither hazard nor rear lights on, Thai Rath newspaper said today . Heart-broken relatives attended the funeral service at Wat Samkha, Samkha subdistrict, Phon Sai district, for Miss …
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Big business heiress slams sedan into wedding dress rental shop during curfew
THE heiress of a big Thai business slammed her Mercedes Benz sedan into a wedding dress rental shop in Sukhumvit Soi 71 in the midst of curfew 1 a.m. this morning (Sept. 25) and was found lying in pain next to her vehicle after the accident, Sanook.com said. Upon receiving a report of this accident …
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Drug trafficker dies in expressway accident
AN ACCIDENT on Si Rat expressway led to a man who was standing in front of his parked sedan falling off and dying on Rama 9 road after another sedan smashed into it and it was later found that he had 2,000 methamphetamine pills and two small bags of Ice (crystal meth) with him, …
2 dead as car driven by Treasury official crashes into shop
A SEDAN driven by a land appraiser at the Treasury Office in Samut Songkhram province crashed into a 20 baht miscellaneous goods store after trying dodge a motorcycle that cut in front of her leading to two persons being killed and four others including herself being injured, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 2). Police …
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3 suspects hurt as police vehicle slams into 10-wheel truck
THREE suspects being taken to Rayong’s central prison got injured, one badly, this afternoon (May 12) when the police vehicle they were travelling in slammed into a ten-wheel truck at an intersection sparking a big blaze that spread quickly, Amarin TV said. A police team from Ban Khai district’s station rushed to the scene of …
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Motorcyclist injured in train construction accident
A MOTORCYCLIST was rushed to the hospital at 1 p.m. today (April 13) after the pulley of a crane being used to build the monorail train line on Srinakarin road suddenly fell in front of him, TV Channel 7 said. The accident occurred at the entrance of Soi Srinakarin 1, Suan Luang district, with …
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Student slightly hurt after driver using mobile phone hits pole
A QUICK-WITTED teenage boy selling galards at an intersection for extra income escaped a horrible a crash after noticing that the driver of a car pulling out of an intersection in Khon Kaen city was using his mobile phone and stepped aside before the vehicle hit the light pole, Sanook.com said this afternoon (April 12). …
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Woman driver plunges into construction ditch with no warning signs around
A 70-year-old woman drove her car into a ditch that had been dug to lay water mains at the Ratchada-Tha Phra underpass construction site last night with this leaving both her and her son injured, Sanook.com and TV Channel 7 said today (April 9). Mrs. Khemkorn Kongthananon, 70, the driver is still in shock. She …
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Motorcyclist dies in road crash 3 days after cremating wife
A MOTORCYCLIST was killed in Phatthalung city today (March 19) just three days after the completion of his wife’s funeral after being hit by a sedan driven by a police officer, TV Channel 7 said. A police team from Mueang Phatthalung station together with rescuers rushed to the scene of the accident where they found …
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Woman appeals for help after losing paint worth 300,000 baht
A WOMAN who is a paint distributor for a company in Bangna area went to Damrongtham Centre today (March 3) to appeal for help after several cans of paint worth 300,000 baht disappeared when the truck delivering them had an accident and they all tumbled on to the road with several passers-by then grabbing and …
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