Road deaths
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Deadly accident in Lampang: 1 killed and another severely hurt
A tragic accident occurred in Lampang province, where a man lost his life and another was severely injured after attempting to move a broken-down pickup truck. Another truck, coming from behind, failed to notice the emergency situation and crashed into them. On the evening of June 5, Ban Aeuom police station in Lampang was alerted to a horrific collision near…
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Tragedy strikes as mysterious car fire claims life of unidentified woman near Pattaya
A mysterious fire erupted in a parked car, causing a tragic accident, resulting in the death of an unidentified woman. The incident unfolded near a reservoir in Nong Prue, Banglamung, Chon Buri yesterday evening. At around 6.50pm on the said day, local authorities, firefighters, and volunteers from the Nong Prue Municipality and Sawang Boriboon Foundation in Pattaya City arrived on…
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Tour bus crash in Kanchanaburi kills 2, leaves over 30 injured
A tour bus carrying over 60 tourists from Ang Thong province, Thailand, overturned near the ‘100 Corpse Curve’ of Turtle Mountain in Kanchanaburi province, leaving two people dead and injuring more than 30. The injured were initially treated at nearby hospitals before being transferred to the regional hospital in Kanchanaburi. Colonel Thotsaphon Chaiyakomin, Governor of Kanchanaburi province, and Thanayot Hirunyanetr, District…
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Thai delivery driver asleep at the wheel, killing himself and 2 others
A tragic accident occurred today, involving a pick-up truck and a private car in Sairok district of Thailand‘s Kanchanaburi province. The collision resulted in the loss of three lives, including a husband and wife who were on holiday. The suspected cause of the incident is the truck driver’s drowsiness while driving. At the scene of the accident, a white Toyota…
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Van carrying migrants crashes and catches fire, leaving 4 dead
A van carrying migrant workers fled from police before crashing and catching fire in Thailand’s central Ayutthaya province, resulting in four deaths. Authorities are currently investigating the accident and searching for any additional injuries or casualties. The accident occurred at around 1am this morning on Highway 3543 near Chiang Rak Noi School in Bang Pa-in district. A van transporting migrant…
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Motorbike rider killed in tragic collision with 6-wheel truck in central Thailand
A tragic accident occurred at Nawanakorn Industrial Estate in Thailand‘s central Pathum Thani province when a 26 year old man on a motorbike collided with a six-wheeled truck, resulting in his death. The incident took place at 7.30pm yesterday, and authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. The deceased man, originally from Ban Haet district in the northeast Khon…
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Teenager dies in Pattaya motorbike accident amid rainy conditions
A teenage motorcyclist tragically lost his life in an accident while driving home during rainfall in the early hours of this morning. Pattaya Police were alerted to the incident at 2.20am today and promptly arrived at Sukhumvit Road in the Nongprue sub-district, Banglamung District, Chon Buri province, to attend to the victim. Upon reaching the scene, authorities discovered a damaged red…
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Bangkok couple on motorcycle fall into canal and die, leaving 10-month-old orphaned
A tragic accident claimed the lives of a young married couple who fell into a canal while riding their motorcycle in Bangkok, leaving their 10-month old baby orphaned. Police are investigating the incident, checking CCTV footage to determine the cause of the accident. The incident occurred near Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in the Ratchada area of Din Daeng district. A grey…
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Devastating Pattaya motorbike crash claims life of 34 year old Korean bar manager
A tragic accident occurred in Pattaya when a 34 year old Korean man, known locally as a bar manager and expatriate, lost his life in a motorbike crash. The incident took place in front of Pattaya 7 School, where the man collided with a roadwork sign early in the morning. Rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation arrived at…
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Speeding pickup truck flips on Si Rat expressway – driver dies in collision
A high-speed collision involving a pickup truck on the Si Rat Expressway in Bangkok resulted in the vehicle flipping over and the driver tragically losing his life. The incident occurred at the expressway’s entrance near Ngamwongwan Road, where the pickup truck was found completely wrecked. The accident involved an Isuzu D-Max, which collided with a cement barrier due to excessive…
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Tragic twilight collision: Man defies wife’s warning, loses life in motorcycle accident
A fatal accident occurred when a man defied his wife’s warning and drove his motorcycle during twilight hours, resulting in a collision with a pickup truck. The incident took place on the Nato Hming-Kok Yang road in Trang Province, Thailand. The crash left the motorcycle rider, a 44 year old rubberwood processing factory security officer named Natthaphong, dead at the…
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Foreign driver dies in motorbike accident in Pattaya, Thailand
A foreign driver lost control of his motorbike in Pattaya, Chon Buri province, eastern Thailand, on Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. At 3.30pm, officers at Mueang Pattaya Police Station were informed of a fatal accident on Jomtien Second Road in Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, Pattaya City. Police rushed to the scene with rescue workers from Pattaya’s…
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Young motorcyclist fatally crashes into 18-wheeler in northeast Thailand
A tragic accident occurred when a young motorcyclist lost his life after crashing his motorcycle into the back of a lorry at a junction in the Choak Chai district of northeast Thailand‘s Nakhon Ratchasima province. The incident took place at 4.39pm yesterday. Authorities were alerted by Pol. Lt. Col. Precha Suebratcha, a police officer who investigated the scene of the…
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50 year old man dies racing Harley, crashes into taxi on busy Bangkok street
A 50 year old man tragically died following a high-speed motorcycle accident in which he crashed into a taxi in Bangkok last night. Initial examinations by police and medical personnel revealed that the victim, Chatri, suffered severe head injuries as a result of the crash. The incident occurred near the Tung Song Hong bus stop on the Vibhavadi-Rangsit outbound road…
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Thai motorcyclist dies in high-speed Chon Buri sign post collision
A tragic accident occurred today in Chon Buri, as a 34 year old Thai motorcyclist lost his life after crashing into a signpost. The motorcyclist, Eknakakorn Krasaechan from Sisaket province, was found dead near the 132+800 kilometre marker in the Thung Krat sub-district of Banglamung district, Chon Buri. He had sustained severe lacerations on his forehead and head and was…
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Drunk driving incident kills Phuket motorbike rider
A drunk driving incident killed a Phuket motorbike rider this morning. A 48 year old Phuket passenger van driver has been charged with drink driving causing death following a collision with a motorbike in Samkong, resulting in the death of the 54 year old motorbike rider. The incident occurred at around 6am when the van, travelling at a high speed,…
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Huge concrete slab falls onto Bangkok’s Rama II Road killing construction worker
A huge slab of concrete fell from the under-construction expressway elevated over the Rama II Road yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand, crushing a construction worker to death, injuring another person and damaging eight cars. At 5pm, officers at Tha Kham Police Station were informed that a concrete beam fell and killed someone along the outbound Rama II Road opposite the Snake…
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Phuket motorbike tragedy claims life of young Polish woman
A motorbike tragedy in Phuket claimed the life of a young Polish woman yesterday, in Thailand’s latest road accident. The 33 year old rider was killed after she crashed her motorbike and slid under a trailer truck in the Chalong sub-district of Phuket’s main city district. Rescuers arrived at the scene on Chao Fa West Road, in front of a…
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Teenage motorbike racer killed in tragic accident in Banglamung
A tragic accident in Banglamung claimed the life of a 14 year old teenage motorbike racer after he collided with a trailer truck. The incident unfolded on Highway 36 Road in front of an international school in Nong Plalai on a recent Saturday morning. Emergency responders and local news personnel converged on the scene, where they discovered the young victim,…
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Tragedy strikes: Motorcyclist loses life in horrific accident in Pattaya
A motorcyclist lost his life in a tragic accident after speeding around a construction barrier and colliding with a commuter van in Pattaya. The 33 year old, Saroj Saela, suffered a fatal outcome at the scene of the crash, which transpired on Thepprasit Road at Soi 11 on Thursday, April 27. Kriengkai Chusrichan, the 41 year old driver of the…
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War weapons and drugs found in wreckage of fatal crash in Thailand
A bus and a pickup truck collided in Lop Buri province in central Thailand this morning, killing three people and injuring seven more. Police were shocked to find a stash of drugs, weapons, and ammunition inside the pickup. Officers from Khok Samrong Police Station were informed of a serious crash along the Phahonyothin Road in Moo 12 in Huay Pong…
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Pattaya motorcyclist dies from crashing into tour bus after reportedly running red light
Another motorcyclist has lost his life in Thailand‘s ongoing plague of road accidents. A motorcyclist died after crashing into a tour bus after he reportedly ran a red light on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya. The accident occurred at 1.20am yesterday. Police and rescuers arrived on the scene to find a white Scooby I completely destroyed. The motorcyclist, 35 year old…
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Tragic accident: Elderly Thai woman killed by public bus at Si Yan Intersection in Bangkok
A public bus knocked down and killed an 83 year old Thai woman while she was on a zebra crossing at Si Yan Intersection in Bangkok at 7am yesterday. The bus driver confessed he did not see the victim crossing the road when he made a turn. Officers from Samsen Police Station were notified of the accident and rushed to…
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Thailand’s DDPM reveals total traffic accident results of ‘Seven Deadly Days’
Thai officials have now revealed the results of traffic accidents from April 11 to 17. This period is known as the “Seven Deadly Days” of the Songkran Festival. Data from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) revealed that there were 2,203 road accidents, 2,208 injuries, and 264 deaths during this period. On April 17, the last day of…
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Driver falls asleep at the wheel in Thailand, 27 pigs dead
A driver fell asleep at the wheel while driving a 10-wheel truck carrying pigs through Suphan Buri province in central Thailand yesterday. He drove into a canal and 27 of the pigs died. Officers at Nang Buat Police Station were notified that a lorry carrying pigs had fallen into the canal on the Chainat – Suphan Buri Road in Khao…
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Songkran traffic accidents spike in Thailand’s first six days, with 2,008 reported incidents
During the first six days of Thailand‘s Songkran festival, there were 2,008 traffic accidents reported, marking an increase from last year’s more subdued celebrations. Although the festivities resulted in a higher number of casualties this year, the overall number of road deaths has decreased, according to recent data from the Interior Ministry. Chotenarin Kerdsom, permanent secretary of the Interior Ministry,…
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Injuries increased by 81% during Songkran, road fatalities decreased
Hospital admissions during the Songkran Festival spiked by 81% due to road accidents A significant 81% rise in hospital admissions has been reported due to an alarming 19% increase in the number of people injured in road accidents during the Songkran Festival, as stated by the Ministry of Public Health. The ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr Opas Kankawinpong, expressed his concern…
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Songkran celebrations turn sour: Over 100 lives lost, 1,000 injured in road accidents
According to the Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Boontham Lertsukheekasem, 114 fatalities and 1,064 injuries were recorded due to road accidents nationwide during the Songkran holiday. Between Tuesday and Thursday, there were 1,055 traffic incidents leading to these casualties a report today revealed. Chiang Mai, a province in the north, experienced the most accidents with…
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Phuket motorbike crash claims life of Russian tourist
Another tragic road death has hit Phuket. A motorbike crash claimed the life of a Russian tourist on a rural road in central Phuket yesterday, The Phuket News reported. According to a report made to Thalang Police, a motorcycle with two foreigners flew off a small road and crashed, killing the driver on the spot. Police and rescuers arrived on…
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Crash kills Pattaya couple on motorbike
Last night, a couple from Pattaya lost their lives in a motorcycle accident. The deceased were identified as Santisuk Sae-tan, a 31 year old man, and Chatchawan Kangwanwuthikul, a 31 year old woman. The tragic incident occurred at approximately 8pm on a road situated in front of Khao Mai Kaew temple. Rescuers arrived on the scene to find that a…
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