Tag: car
Bride dies, groom badly injured in car crash
JUST 10 days before their wedding a young couple driving a pick-up van back home in Suphan Buri crashed into a tree after slipping off the road in heavy rain seriously injuring both of them but bride later died in the hospital, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Oct. 27). Pol. Capt. Ritpong Mapakhe, an investigating officer …
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Tight security in Mae Sot after two explosions in Myawaddy
THAI soldiers and police beefed up security in risky areas of Mae Sot border town after two explosions, one of them a car bomb, rocked Myanmar’s Myawaddy town which is just across the Moei river last night (Oct. 15), Naewna newspaper said today. First to go off was a car bomb near Myanmar’s permanent …
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Foreigner kills two teenage girls in Songkhla crash
AN AUSTRALIAN man driving a sport utility vehicle on a Songkhla road hit a motorcycle on which three female teenage students were riding, killing two of them and seriously injuring the third girl, Amarin TV said yesterday (Sept. 2). This TV channel’s reporters went to the spot of the accident on Chalatat road in …
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Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
By AP and published by ABC News plus CNN Moscow – The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said today (August 21). The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old …
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Driver in expressway crash that killed 3 persons was intoxicated
A YOUNG man who slammed his new Mercedes Benz sedan into another sedan on the expressway killing three people at around 1 a.m. this morning (Dec. 18) had higher than the legal limit of blood alcohol content, Siam Rath newspaper said. The accident occurred at Si Rat expressway heading for the motorway on the …
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‘Car Mob’ processions resume in pursuit of PM’s resignation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AUTOMOBILES AND MOTORCYCLES today (August 1) resumed ”car mob” processions in Bangkok and the provinces in a concerted, sustained move to press Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down in the face of the fiasco over the alleged mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic situation. Many people riding on automobiles and …
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Democrat, Bhumjaithai parties tipped to withdraw from Prayut government
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT AND BHUMJAITHAI parties are largely expected to withdraw from the coalition government under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in foreseeable future in the face of his alleged failures to address the domestic pandemic situation, said a noted political activist yesterday (July 12). Sombat Boonngam-anong, leader of a sustained anti-Prayut protest …
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Family searches for owner of vehicle left overturned at fence for months
A YOUNG Man posted an online message that he is looking for the owner of a pickup truck that has remained overturned at the fence of his relative’s house for months now after zooming across and turning turtle, Sanook.com said today (June 20). Writing on a Facebook page under the name Bird Klong Yai, …
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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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Car takes wrong turn, gets stuck on stairs
RAISING eyebrows and attracting a lot of comments are photos of a car stuck on a staircase at a car park with some netizens wondering whether the driver was awake when this happened, Amarin TV said this afternoon (May 31). Going viral on Thai social media is a post about this bizarre accident, where …
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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Man loses a million baht when car catches fire
A YOUNG Thai man who was driving to a bank in Pattaya to deposit one million baht this afternoon (May 4) lost it all when the seden suddenly caught fire, Thai Rath newspaper said. AT 12.30 p.m. this seaside city’s Sawang Boriboon Radio Rescue Centre was notified of a car ablaze on the inbound side …
Car Bombing at Pakistani hotel kills 4, wounds 12
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report, and BBC Quetta, Pakistan – A car bomb blast late Wednesday (April 21) ripped through a luxury hotel’s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 12, officials said. The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan is suspected to have been …
Hyundai holding early talks with Apple on electric vehicle tie-up
By Reuters Staff and published by Channel NewsAsia Seoul: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said today (Jan. 8) it was in early talks with Apple, after local media reported the firms were discussing an electric car and battery tie-up, sending Hyundai shares surging 25 percent. The report comes weeks after Reuters reported that Apple was …
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Ex-provincial council member dies in car crash
A SEDAN driven by a former Provincial Administration Council member in Sukhothai province who was on his way to meet his girlfriend in the dead night burst into flames after slamming into a roadside tree killing him on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 30, 2020). Mr. Siraphop Limpapan, or Sor Jor Diao, …
Driver flees blazing car after crash
POLICE are searching for the owner of an Opel sedan who was seen in a surveillance camera clip fleeing after miraculously getting out of his vehicle that caught fire moments after he had smashed it against a road barrier, Thai Rath newspaper reported this morning (Oct. 5, 2020). Pol. Lt. Col. Wuttikorn Yuensuk, an investigator …
Star in car crash got ‘general’ dad to threaten police station
A POPULAR Thai star who hit another vehicle while driving drunk early this morning (Sept. 8) got a man who claimed to be his father and a general in the army to threaten the policeman, who tried to get him take a breathalyzer test, that he would transfer the whole station, Siam Rath newspaper reported. …
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Young man dies in car crash on slippery road
AN EARLY MORNING accident on a rain-drenched slippery road led to a young man who was driving fast from Nonthaburi to Pathum Thani province dying in the wreck of his sedan, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 6, 2020). Pol. Maj. Prasit Kongnayot, an investigator at Chaiyapruek station, Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi province, rushed to …
Speeding teens badly injured in Motorway accident
THREE of five high school students out for a night on the town ended up getting severely injured as they raced back home from Pattaya to Chonburi province after their sedan flipped over on the Motorway, Sanook.com reported today (July 5, 2020). At 1.30 a.m. this morning Pol Lt Col Suyin Inchuay, investigation inspector at …