More die on Phuket’s roads

PHUKET TOWN: Phuket’s road carnage has increased with a total death toll in the first eight months of the year up by 14% on the same period last year. The new figure brought the island’s road toll for the year to 121 dead and 8,714 injured in all accidents. The toll for the same period last year was 106 dead and 7,533 people injured. From July 20 to August 20, 13 deaths were recorded from motorbike accidents, two down from the previous month, but the number of injured soared from 950 to 1,108. One person died in a car accident and the number injured in cars rose from 35 to 59. The statistics came from the Wachira, Thalang and Patong hospitals.