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  • Phuket NewsUPDATE: Phuket speedboats crash: 2 children dead, 22 injured – VIDEO

    UPDATE: Phuket speedboats crash: 2 children dead, 22 injured – VIDEO

    “…both boat drivers have been charged with reckless driving causing death and injury.” Two Russian children have died and some 22 people were injured following a high-speed speedboat collision off Phuket’s east coast just before 8am this morning. The incident occurred in the channel linking Phuket’s two main east coast marinas with the Phang Nga Bay on the east side of…

  • Transport NewsDramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO

    Dramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO

    Dramatic highway CCTV has now been released of the crash of the passenger van, injuring eight British tourists travelling from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pattaya. Three were seriously injured in the high speed crash which scattered contents of the van over the road and grassed verge between the two sides of the motorway. Eight British tourists are in hospital after their…

  • Phuket NewsPoliceman falls asleep behind the wheel and crashes into roadside pole in Phang Nga

    Policeman falls asleep behind the wheel and crashes into roadside pole in Phang Nga

    SCREENSHOT: Newshawk Phuket On October 12, a pick-up truck was involved in a horrific road incident on Ban Dok Daeng – Ban Bangsai, Takuapa, in Phang Nga. Luckily the driver, a local policeman, survived but was trapped inside the vehicle while emergency responders figured out how to get him out. The vehicles was in such bad shape that the rescue…

  • Road deathsTwo people and 1,000 chickens die in Pathum Thani collision

    Two people and 1,000 chickens die in Pathum Thani collision

    PHOTO: คนช่วยคน จ.ปทุมธานี สายด่วน 1669 Two trailer trucks have collided in Pathum Thani, to the north of Bangkok, killing two people and around 1,000 chickens. The driver and a female passenger were heard screaming for help as their vehicle burst into flames. The chicken were being transported in the back of the truck. Police were alerted at 3.10am about the…

  • Road deathsKoh Samui taxi driver killed, two tourists taken to hospital

    Koh Samui taxi driver killed, two tourists taken to hospital

    PHOTO: Sanook.com Police have now filed a full report on an an incident back on July 19 when a taxi driver was killed and two tourists critically injured driving on the Khao Laem Yai Hill, Koh Samui. Sanook.com reports that a taxi, a yellow and brown Toyota Fortuner SUV, hit the footpath on the Khao Laem Yai hill in the northwest…

  • 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…

  • Bangkok NewsMilitary escort motorcycle rider smashes into Bangkok taxi – VIDEO

    Military escort motorcycle rider smashes into Bangkok taxi – VIDEO

    The shocking moment when a military officer on motorbike, escorting a high-ranking Army official travelling in a black Mercedes, collided into a Bangkok taxi, at 1.22pm yesterday. He was an officer with the Military Police. The Toyota taxi with Bangkok plates was making a right hand turn into the Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai centre in central Bangkok. The injured…

  • Bangkok NewsTaxi drives on wrong side of the road, collides with sedan, injures two

    Taxi drives on wrong side of the road, collides with sedan, injures two

    Two people have been injured after a Toyota Camry crashed into a taxi driving the wrong way along a road in Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaew district, just north of Bangkok. The sedan overturned from the impact, injuring both the 38 year old driver Tamisa Pengchaem and front-seat passenger, 31 year old Amorn Yindeemak. The 42 year old taxi driver Weerachai…

  • Phuket NewsOne dead, many injured in Phang Nga bus crash

    One dead, many injured in Phang Nga bus crash

    PHOTOS: Newshawk Phuket One person has been found dead while many others have sustained injuries in a Phang Nga bus collision this morning. Newshawk Phuket reports that emergency responders were notified of the incident this morning on Phet Kasem Road, southbound, in Borsane, Thapput in Phang Nga. The collision was between the the tour bus and a silver pick-up. Both…

  • Pattaya NewsNavy officer and two others killed in Chon Buri road smash

    Navy officer and two others killed in Chon Buri road smash

    PHOTOS: พัชรพล – ณัฐภูมินทร์ ปานรักษ์ A navy officer and two other people have died after a pickup truck collided with a sedan in Chon Buri earlier today. Plu Taluang Police were notified of the incident on Sattahip Pier Road in Sattahip at 4.30am this morning. Police and emergency responders arrived to find a completely wrecked sedan on the road. 27…

  • Bangkok NewsThree die after car bursts into flames in Bangkok

    Three die after car bursts into flames in Bangkok

    PHOTOS: The Nation A driver and a front-seat passenger have been killed after their car collided into a roadside tree in Bangkok’s Klong Sam Wa district this morning. The car had flipped onto its side after hitting the tree. A 32 year old and six other witnesses managed to flip the car upright and pluck a man from the back…

  • Thailand NewsTwo dead, two injured from collision in Suphan Buri

    Two dead, two injured from collision in Suphan Buri

    PHOTOS: Samerkun Suphanburi Rescue Foundation Two people have died while another two people have sustained serious injuries after two pickup trucks colliided in Suphan Buri, north west of Bangkok. Samerkun Suphanburi Rescue Foundation was notified of the accident on Danchang – Baan Rai Road in Suphan Buri at 5pm yesterday (Sunday). Rescue workers arrived to find two damaged pickup trucks,…

  • Phuket NewsReport filed against Italian expat following Phuket boat collision

    Report filed against Italian expat following Phuket boat collision

    Relatives of a seriously injured fisherman have filed a report with the Chalong Police relating to an Italian expat who was allegedly helming a boat that collided with a long-tail fishing boat yesterday off Rawai, Phuket. Emergency responders were notified of the accident near Koh Bon off Rawai at 10am yesterday. The injured fisherman is 45 year old San Malee,…

  • Thailand NewsSix deaths, many injured as train slams into minivan in Lop Buri

    Six deaths, many injured as train slams into minivan in Lop Buri

    PHOTOS: อาสาสมัครมูลนิธิร่วมกตัญญู เขตพัฒนานิคม จังหวัดลพบุรี Six people have died while many others are injured after a train collided with a minivan in Lop Buri, north of Bangkok, early this morning. At 4am this morning the train collided with the minivan on the Lop Buri – Bang Muang Road in Pattananikom, Lop Buri. Six deaths have been reported and another 10 injured…

  • Thailand NewsTwo die, many injured in three separate bus incidents

    Two die, many injured in three separate bus incidents

    PHOTOS: โนนสูง “อาสา” ฐานหน้าโรงพยาบาลโนนสูง Two people have died while many others have been injured in three separate bus accidents early this morning around Thailand – two in Nakhon Ratchasima and another in Nakhon Sawan Just after midnight a truck collided into the back of a bus at an intersection in Krok Phra, Nakhon Sawan, central of Thailand. Two people sustained…

  • Phuket NewsUPDATE: Speedboat captain charged, two Chinese tourists remain in hospital

    UPDATE: Speedboat captain charged, two Chinese tourists remain in hospital

    A speedboat captain has now been charged over a “reckless act causing injury” but the captain is denying the charge. Two Chinese tourists remain in hospital following Saturday’s collision between the tour boat and a moored small oil tanker just off the east coast of Phuket. A number of Chinese tourists and boat crew were injured as a result of…

  • Thailand NewsWoman badly injured in Rayong car accident

    Woman badly injured in Rayong car accident

    PHOTOS: สื่อสาร 01 / Siam Rayong Rescue Foundation Rescue workers took two hours to free a woman from a car following a road incident in Rayong south east of Bangkok. The Siam Rayong Rescue Foundation has reported that they were notified of the incident in Rayong city at 7am this morning. Rescue workers arrived to find a car overturned after…

  • South Thailand NewsOne dead and two injured in ambulance crash in Trang

    One dead and two injured in ambulance crash in Trang

    PHOTOS: The Nation An ambulance has collided into a truck in Trang province today. The crash killed an assistant nurse and injured two others. Police say the accident occurred on a bypass road in the province’s Huai Yot district before 6am. The ambulance belongs to the Wattanapat Hospital Trang. The ambulance was on its way back to the hospital after…

  • World NewsLion Air plane damaged in minor ground collision – Jakarta

    Lion Air plane damaged in minor ground collision – Jakarta

    It’s been a bad few weeks for the Indonesian Lion Air team with they another bad headline for the budget airline yesterday. An Indonesian Lion Air plane was involved in another accident yesterday, even as the search continues for remains of victims of last week’s plane crash. Lion Air Flight 633, bound for Jakarta, was canceled last night, after a…

  • South Thailand NewsTrain hits car in Hat Yai

    Train hits car in Hat Yai

    A driver has been injured after his car was hit by a train in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district yesterday morning (Wednesday). The Bangkok-Padang Bezar train hit the car at a rail crossing in Ban Lop Moom in Tambon Patong. The car driver, Aeb Meekaew, was critically injured and taken to the Hat Yai Hospital. The 58 year old train driver,…

  • Thailand NewsTwo in Lamborghini survive after slamming into power poles in Chon Buri

    Two in Lamborghini survive after slamming into power poles in Chon Buri

    PHOTOS: Issara Parinyothai A father and son, driving in a Lamborghini sports car, have survived after colliding with power poles in Chon Buri, north of Pattaya. Emergency responders were notified of the incident yesterday on Sukhumwit Road in Chon Buri city area, south of Bangkok. At the scene found the damaged ‘Aventador’ Lamborghini sport car valued 34 million baht in…