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Man arrested for allegedly stealing from fatal car accident victims

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Monday, December 28, 2020 18:12

PHOTO: Matichon

A man was arrested for allegedly stealing valuables from victims of a fatal traffic accident where a 2 pickup trucks collided, killing 2 people and injuring 4. Police say the man pretended to help emergency responders during the rescue and stole valuables from both the deceased and the injured victims.

The accident occurred around 11:50am this morning on Mitrapap highway in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sung Noen district, northeast of Bangkok. Police say a Isuzu pickup truck heading north swerved, crossing over the median into oncoming traffic and collided with a Nissan pickup truck heading south.

A man and woman in an Isuzu pickup truck died at the scene. A passenger was thrown out of the truck and seriously injured. In the other pickup truck, 3 men were seriously injured and rushed to Sung Noen Hospital.

The accident blocked traffic on the Bangkok-bound side of the highway. Police did not give any additional details about the man that allegedly stole from the victims.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post

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3 Comments

jesus monroe

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 6:31 am

we’ll never know why the driver swerved………was it speed, drink, distraction from phone……R.I.P.

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- S2K
  
  Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:01 am
  
  By the looks of it, definitely speed and distraction.
  
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Stephen

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:33 pm

And the Thai Government just up the speed limit to 120 kms per hour

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Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.

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