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  • Child injured in hit-and-run “ghost riding” motorbike incident in central Thailand | Thaiger

    Child injured in hit-and-run “ghost riding” motorbike incident in central Thailand

    PHOTO: Workpoint News A 10 year old girl has been injured after a motorbike being ridden against the flow of traffic – a practice known as “ghost riding” – hit her and then drove off. The early morning incident took place in Samut Prakan province in central Thailand as the girl waited to cross the road. Facebook user Uthaiwan Permjit…

  • Fried chicken worker stabs boss in the head in central Thailand | Thaiger

    Fried chicken worker stabs boss in the head in central Thailand

    A fried chicken vendor needed medical treatment after being stabbed in the head by a young man working for him in Chonburi province, central Thailand. Yannawuth Prasomwangsub told police that he and his wife sell fried chicken at the Sattahip flea market and hired 16-year-old Nat to help them just a week ago. While setting up shop, Yannawuth was missing…