Accident

  • Bangkok NewsCollision results in fire in front of Bangkok’s Anti-Corruption Museum

    Collision results in fire in front of Bangkok’s Anti-Corruption Museum

    A collision yesterday between a taxi and a BMW on Bangkok’s Phitsanulok Road yesterday directly in front of the Anti-Corruption Museum resulted in a fire in the taxi’s engine compartment. Both drivers denied responsibilty. Security from the nearby museum rushed out with a fire extinguisher, and firemen later arrived to finish the job. The taxi driver, “Weerasak”, said he was…

  • Road deathsRoad carnage mounts as couple killed in Nonthaburi crash

    Road carnage mounts as couple killed in Nonthaburi crash

    Thailand’s road carnage continues to mount: police and rescue services were called in Nonthaburi, just north of Bangkok, after an incident in which an Isuzu pickup truck collided with a barrier then crossed over a metal fence at 6:30 yesterday. 2 people, 45 year old Adisak, and his 46 year old wife Suchada, were thrown out of the vehicle and…

  • Thailand NewsDriver seriously injured after becoming trapped under bus in Chon Buri

    Driver seriously injured after becoming trapped under bus in Chon Buri

    A bus driver in the eastern Thai province of Chon Buri has been seriously injured after becoming trapped under his vehicle while trying to repair it. The Pattaya News reports that 50 year old Samrit Phetphunok was attempting to fix a broken axle when the bus collapsed on him. The incident occurred in the Ban Bueang area of the province.…

  • Road deathsWoman motorcyclist dies in Chon Buri crash

    Woman motorcyclist dies in Chon Buri crash

    A woman is dead in the Sattahip district of Chon Buri after a pickup truck crashed into her motorbike. Sattahip Police were notified of the incident, which occurred yesterday afternoon on Sukhumvit Road. Police, emergency responders and reporters arrived to find 44 year old Bussaya Chumchuen, a staffer at the Sattahip Community Development Office. She was seriously injured and after…

  • World NewsBangladeshi ferry incident leaves 23 dead, dozens missing

    Bangladeshi ferry incident leaves 23 dead, dozens missing

    A ferry accident in Dhaka, Bangladesh has reportedly left over 20 people dead today with dozens more still missing. According to rescue officials, The Morning Bird ferry capsized in waters off the Bangladeshi capital after being hit by another vessel, killing 23 people so far. Rescue divers are still searching for the rest of the missing passengers after the boat…

  • Krabi NewsKrabi paraglider crashes into 6 year old – VIDEO

    Krabi paraglider crashes into 6 year old – VIDEO

    A motorised paraglider crashed into a 6 year old child on a Krabi beach over the weekend. The child was rushed to the hospital and the flyer took care of the medical expenses. Now, the flyer could face charges from the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park officials. The pilot somehow managed to kick the child in the…

  • Pattaya News3 vehicle incident injures 2 Chon Buri policemen

    3 vehicle incident injures 2 Chon Buri policemen

    2 policemen in Chon Buri’s Si Racha district suffered “moderate injuries” in a 3 vehicle incident, when a car hit their motorbike, sending them crashing into another car yesterday. Fellow Si Racha officers were notified of the incident, which occurred at the Saint Louis Intersection in the Surasak subdistrict. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find 2…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPoliceman survives fall from roof in northern Thailand

    Policeman survives fall from roof in northern Thailand

    A policeman in the northern province of Phitsanulok has had a lucky escape after he slipped and fell while re-arranging flags on the roof of the police station. Following a bout of heavy rain and high winds, Wichayut Srikrajang noticed the flags were in disarray and took it upon himself to fix them. However, the rain had also made the…

  • Crime NewsWoman accidentally shot during father-son fight in Nakhon Si Thammarat

    Woman accidentally shot during father-son fight in Nakhon Si Thammarat

    A man accidentally shot and killed his daughter-in-law during a fight with his son last night in southern Thailand. After a heated argument around 7:30 pm Sunday, a father got out a shotgun to shoot his son, but the trigger failed, Thai media reports. The son, 33 year old Niran Rakkaew, then tried to grab the in the gun from his…

  • Pattaya NewsParamotor crash in Chonburi kills British man

    Paramotor crash in Chonburi kills British man

    A British man, aged 60, has been killed in a flying incident. He was flying when the paramotor developed engine troubles and plummeted into the ground in Bang Saray Tambon in Sattahip district, south of Pattaya. Bang Saray police and rescuers from the Sawangrot Thammasathan Foundation were called to the crash site, that occurred in a grassy field near Moo…

  • Thai LifeTop 10 tips for riding a motorbike in Thailand (2020)

    Top 10 tips for riding a motorbike in Thailand (2020)

    Motorbikes and scooters are the most popular mode of transport in Thailand, and most of south east Asia. Indeed, in many cases, they’re the ‘engine’ for the local economies. The 110cc step-thru is ubiquitous. Most of them just go and go and go – they’re astonishingly reliable. Whilst you’re meant to change the oil once a month we suspect most…

  • World NewsLeave something behind? Man forgets finger in Chinese taxi after dash to hospital

    Leave something behind? Man forgets finger in Chinese taxi after dash to hospital

    A man in China has been reunited with the severed finger he left in the back of a taxi after a mad dash to hospital in Wuhan. Thai Residents reports that the man, named only as Xu, is a construction worker who lost his finger in an accident at the site where he was working. After a local doctor told…

  • Pattaya NewsDrunk driver plunges into parked cars in Pattaya, one person seriously injured

    Drunk driver plunges into parked cars in Pattaya, one person seriously injured

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: The Pattaya News A man remains in hospital after a drunk driver lost control of his vehicle and plunged into parked vehicles on the other side of the road. Three other vehicles have also been damaged in the early morning incident on Pattaya Sai 3 Road in North Pattaya. Pattaya City Police were notified of the incident…

  • Chiang Mai NewsThai Justice officials push for action against parents of teenage biker in Chiang Mai

    Thai Justice officials push for action against parents of teenage biker in Chiang Mai

    The Thai Justice Ministry is urging police to take action against the parents of a 13 year old boy whose foot was torn off in a crash on a 1000cc Kawasaki motorcycle they bought him. The incident in northern Chiang Mai on July 6 was caught on video that went viral drawing a lot of criticism online. Read The Thaiger story…

  • Phuket NewsMotorbike driver dies after colliding with truck in Thalang

    Motorbike driver dies after colliding with truck in Thalang

    PHOTOS: Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation A female motorbike driver died after colliding with a truck in Thalang yesterday. Kusoldharm rescue workers were notified of the accident on Thepkrasattri Road, southbound, in Baan Liphon in Thalang at 6am in the morning. Rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the body of a female motorbike driver on the road near a damaged…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPassengers injured as bus overturns in Si Saket

    Passengers injured as bus overturns in Si Saket

    PHOTOS: ร่วมด้วยช่วยกัน / ธนบุรี 12 No deaths have been reported following a bus overturning in Si Saket in eastern Thailand today. The bus, travelling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani, overturned on Rattana Buri – Sisaket Road in Si Saket, east of Bangkok on the Cambodian border. No deaths were reported but there were some injuries in the incident.  

  • Hua Hin NewsMan charged over shooting death in Prachuap Khiri Khan, claims it was an accident

    Man charged over shooting death in Prachuap Khiri Khan, claims it was an accident

    A 38 year old Thai man has been arrested and charged over the alleged shooting death of a 9 year old boy and then burying his body in a forest area in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district. Third grader Chalermchai Jopratha from Ban Phraek Takhro was reported missing on March 10. He was found yesterday morning in a shallow…

  • Thailand NewsTwo lawyers killed in alleged hit and run – Surin

    Two lawyers killed in alleged hit and run – Surin

    Police say a road incident where two lawyers were killed and the driver injured in Surin province’s Sangkha district, might have been a hit and run. Duangthip Hangchaidee and Issara Charoenpittaya were killed and their driver 30 year old driver Napat Plobmuang was injured in yesterday’s accident on the main road in Ban Nong Yoh village, Tambon Takong. Duangthip’s body…

  • Pattaya News16 year old praised for rendering first aid at an accident in Pattaya

    16 year old praised for rendering first aid at an accident in Pattaya

    Sanook reports that Jiraphon Madeua, an M4 student at the Photisamphan Pitthayakarn school in Pattaya, was on his way home and was first to respond to a to man who had come off his motorcycle. He was judiciously applying his first aid knowledge to assist the stricken man. The 16 year old says that he received first aid training at…

  • Phuket NewsMotorbike driver files official complaint after accident from fallen cables in Kata

    Motorbike driver files official complaint after accident from fallen cables in Kata

    A motorbike driver has filed a report with police against a cable company after he became tangled up in their cabling while driving to work in Kata. 26 year old Chakaree Yawaekaree filled the report with Chalong Police against the local cable company. Mr Chakaree told Police that he was driving to work in Kata on Friday morning. When he…

  • Phuket NewsChinese tourists injured in Chalong ATV accident

    Chinese tourists injured in Chalong ATV accident

    Two Chinese tourists have sustained injuries after driving an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle – Dune Buggy) off the side of a hillside in Karon. Rescue workers heard about the accident on the Nark Kerd Hills in Karon at 4.20pm yesterday (Sunday). When they arrived they found the two injured female Chinese tourists. The pair were identified as 28 year old…

  • Phuket NewsCar driver killed after colliding with pickup on Bypass Road

    Car driver killed after colliding with pickup on Bypass Road

    PHOTOS: The Phuket City Police A car driver has been killed after colliding with a pickup truck on the Bypass road today. The Phuket City Police were notified of the incident at 11am today on the Bypass Road, northbound, at a U-turn near the Premium Outlet Store. Police report that the driver of a red car, driven by 60 year…

  • Phuket NewsMotorbike rider dies in head-on between Patong and Kamala – VIDEO

    Motorbike rider dies in head-on between Patong and Kamala – VIDEO

    PHOTOS: Phuket Traffic Report A motorbike driver has died as a result of injuries sustained when his motorbike collided, head on, with a mini van. The man was a UK citizen. Kamala rescue workers were notified of the incident on the Patong-Kamala road at 20.57 pm last night. The head-on collision happened just near the entrance to Nakalay Palm condo.…

  • Bangkok NewsCrane topples in Bangkok killing four, many others injured

    Crane topples in Bangkok killing four, many others injured

    PHOTOS: มาด เซอร์., Klong Prem ShinSuwan / FM91Trafficpro A crane has toppled at a construction site in Bangkok today. The incident has already been responsible for the death of four people while many others have been injured. FM91 Traffic pro is reporting that at 1.09pm a crane, inside a construction site in Yan Nawa, Bangkok has toppled and fallen down.…

  • Phuket News23 Filipino tourists escape serious injury in Bangkok – Phuket bus accident in Chumphon

    23 Filipino tourists escape serious injury in Bangkok – Phuket bus accident in Chumphon

    PHOTOS: หน่วยกู้ภัยมูลนิธิชุมพร //บางหมาก 02 / MulnithiChumphrKarKuslSngKheaaH 23 Filipino tourists have escaped serious injury in a tour bus crash in Chumphon early this morning. The bus was travelling from Bangkok to Phuket. Chumphon rescue workers were notified of the incident on Phetkasem Road, southbound, at 4.30am this morning. Rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the Bangkok – Phuket tour bus in…

  • Phuket NewsCompany reports 80K beer cans disappeared after truck accident in Phuket

    Company reports 80K beer cans disappeared after truck accident in Phuket

    A logistic company representative has filed a report to police after more than 80,000 beer cans, valued at more than two million baht, mysteriously vanished after a beer truck overturned in Rassada this morning. The truck overturned and beer cans were scattered all over the road outside a 7-11. Read more about the incident HERE. Locals nearby helped clear up…

  • Pattaya NewsFreak needle-fish accident kills Thai Navy cadet

    Freak needle-fish accident kills Thai Navy cadet

    Photos: Khaosod, Wassana Nanuam / Facebook Thai navy special forces have reported the tragic loss of one of its cadets during a ‘freak’ training accident on Thursday. While in training to join an elite Navy unit, 22 year old Navy trainee Kriangsak Pengpanich was struck in the neck by a needlefish moving at high speed. The carnivorous shallow water fish are…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok man killed when pickup hits wild elephant

    Bangkok man killed when pickup hits wild elephant

    A Bangkok driver has been killed after his pickup truck appears to have hit a wild elephant on an unlit road in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district. The driver has been identified as 58 year old Nakharin Boonchai. Officials believe the pickup hit a large elephant as the road was dark and the driver could not see the large mammal. His…

  • Chiang Mai NewsAmbulance slams into tree in Lampang killing three

    Ambulance slams into tree in Lampang killing three

    An ambulance returning to Phayao, after delivering a patient to Phitsanulok, has hit a tree in Lampang this morning, killing two nurses and the driver. Police say the accident happened at 7am on the Ngao-Phayao road in Ban Huay Oon village of Lampang’s Ngao district. The two nurses were identified as 42 year old Angsumalin Rakchat and 21 year old…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket Tourist Police stop to help at a road accident

    Phuket Tourist Police stop to help at a road accident

    PHOTOS: The Phuket Tourist Police / Newshawk Phuket Lt Col Milin Peanchang and Capt Eakkachai Siri of the Phuket Tourist Police were on the way to meet the Phuket Governor, Norraphat Plodthog. But it wasn’t going to be a normal drive to meet the Governor today. Lt Col Milin Peanchang ordered his team to stop and help a man injured…