Two transport vans collided on Rom Khlao Road in Bangkok’s Min Buri district yesterday at 5.20am, resulting in two deaths – a van driver and his 12-year-old son. Sixteen other people were injured.

The deceased driver’s van was heading towards Lat Krabang, transporting people wishing to make merit in Kanchanaburi. Police found it collided with a second van heading towards Min Buri that was forced to swerve to avoid hitting a trailer truck that cut in front of it. The second van, whose driver was injured, flew across a road island into the path of the first.

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