Tag: road
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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Sections of Chaeng Wattana, Samut Prakan roads subside
HEAVY RAIN lasting days led to a large sinkhole appearing on Chaeng Wattana road and a 200-metre stretch of a secondary road that is being built in Samut Prakan also caving in, Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 11). The two-metre wide, five-metre long and two-metre deep sinkhole is in front of Health Land at …
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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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Two get life in jail in road rage killing over a smashed glass bottle
THE Court of First Instance in Trat province today (August 3) sentenced two defendants to life imprisonment and the third one to six years and eight months in jail for killing a man by backing their pick-up truck and hitting him twice and also severely beating him up after mistakenly believing that he had …
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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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Foreign tourist seen driving on the wrong side of the road in Chiang Mai
ATTRACTING critical comments is a video clip that had been shared by a Facebook member showing a foreign tourist driving on the wrong side of a road that winds up and down a hill in Chiang Mai province and only switching to the left lane after almost hitting a motorcyclist, Amarin TV said today …
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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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153 deaths in 1,339 accidents the first 3 days of New Year celebration
THE DEPARTMENT of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is adjusting its control measures after 153 people died and 1,322 got injured in 1,339 road accidents during the first three days of the New Year holidays (Dec. 29-Dec. 31) with Chiang Mai having the most accidents while 40 provinces did not report any road deaths, Sanook.com …
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PM furious over critics focusing on his rich and poor comment
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha is fuming over social media critics targetting his comment on the rich and poor using the expressway and public roads which he pointed out is a misinterpretation, Sanook.com said today (Dec. 5) In the speech Gen. Prayut gave at the opening of the Suk Pracha Romklao Housing Project at one point …
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Royal Irrigation Department admits building road in the middle of rice fields
AMID an outcry from Yasothon province villagers that a road had been built in the middle of their rice fields that does not connect any villages and leads to a dead-end with the solar lights damaging their paddy crops, the Royal Irrigation Department yesterday (Nov. 29) admitted that it was their project, Sanook.com said …
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Baffling road to nowhere built in the middle of rice fields
NORTHEASTERN YASOTHON province residents are perplexed at the construction of a road along an irrigation canal in the middle of rice fields that leads to nowhere with no government agency claiming responsibility for having built it, Amarin TV said today (Nov. 27). Mr. Adul Wandee, director of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) office in …
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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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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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Two dead, eight injured in road rage fight
A PICKUP truck driver who was harassed by some bikers and forced to stop then badly beaten up later chased his tormentors and smashed their four motorcycles killing two of them and injuring seven others with himself also getting injured, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 26). Pol. Lt. Col. Jirawin Ruangboon, an inspector at Nonsuwan …
Doctor in high-speed crash tried to save victim’s life
A DOCTOR who appeared drunk and refused a breath test tried to save the life of a motorcyclist he hit but upon failing to do so, dashed off to his hospital, Sanook.com reported today (Oct. 10, 2020). The chain reaction collision occurred at 3.45 a.m. on the outbound side of Phaholyothin road in front of …
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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 …
Hunt for owner of SUV who escaped in a cab after accident
AFTER A bad accident at Klong Toei intersection early this morning the owner of a Ford Everest SUV, who eyewitnesses claim was drunk, crossed the road via the pedestrian bridge and hopped onto a cab thus coolly fleeing the scene, Sanook.com reported today (Sept. 13, 2020). The SUV driver had set off from Ratchadapisek road …
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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 …
Cables left on road ensnare motorbike injuring 2 persons
AN ELDERLY man and his granddaughter got badly injured in Chonburi province last evening after their motorcycle got tangled in a large pile of communication cables haphazardly left on the road, Sanook.com reported this morning (August 3). The accident was captured by a car camera of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction of …
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