Road deaths

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  • One dead, 13 injured in Krabi collision – VIDEO

    One dead, 13 injured in Krabi collision – VIDEO

    VIDEO: Krabi Pitak Pracha Rescue Foundation / Newshawk Phuket A Phuket tour bus, pickup truck and car have been involved in a major incident in Krabi. One person has died, a 7 month pregnant woman sustained serious injuries and 12 people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the collision between a Nakhon Si Thammarat to Phuket bus, a…

  • One dead, one injured in Thalang collision, Phuket

    One dead, one injured in Thalang collision, Phuket

    A passenger has died while the driver of the car has sustained injuries following a collision with a pickup truck in Thalang. Thalang officials were notified of the incident at 10pm last night on Srisoonthorn road at the Bang Jo Intersection. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find a damaged sedan sitting in the middle of the road.…

  • Motorbike driver dies after colliding with taxi in Thalang, Phuket

    Motorbike driver dies after colliding with taxi in Thalang, Phuket

    A motorbike driver has died after colliding with a taxi carrying Indian tourists in Thalang. Thalang Police report that they were notified of the collision at 9.35pm last night on Thepkrasattri Road in Thalang, Phuket. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the damaged motorbike and taxi on the road. The motorbike driver, 45 year old man Somjit…

  • Motorbike driver crushed by cement truck in Thalang, Phuket

    Motorbike driver crushed by cement truck in Thalang, Phuket

    A cement truck driver has been charged with reckless driving causing death after a motorbike driver died at the scene after being run over by the cement truck in Thalang yesterday afternoon. The Thalang Police were notified of the incident at 5.10pm on Srisoonthorn Road in Thalang, central Phuket. Police and emergency responders arrived to find a cement truck in…

  • German motorbike driver dies on Patong Hill, Phuket

    German motorbike driver dies on Patong Hill, Phuket

    A German motorbike driver has died at the scene after colliding with a pickup truck travelling down Patong Hill in Phuket. The Kathu police were notified of the accident on Monday night on Phra Baramee Road, on the Kathu side of the notoriously dangerous Patong hill road. Police and emergency responders arrived to find the damaged motorbike. Nearby they found…

  • Elderly Thai couple die in Krabi road smash

    Elderly Thai couple die in Krabi road smash

    An elderly couple have died after a collision between a speeding pickup truck and motorbike sidecar in Krabi. Plai Phraya Police were notified of the accident this morning at 11am on the Southern Seaboard Road in Plai Phraya. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the bodies of a 78 year old man Somjit Aolueknua and 79 year…

  • Six killed, three injured at intersection in Prachuap Khiri Khan

    Six killed, three injured at intersection in Prachuap Khiri Khan

    by Piyarat Nildee, The Nation Six people have died and another three injured after a pickup truck carrying seven people collided with a six-wheel crane truck at an intersection in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The incident was reported to have happened at 11am yesterday (Sunday) at the Bo Nok-Dan Singkhon Road intersects Petchkasem Highway in Tambon Ao Noi. Emergency responders…