Fifty people were killed and 346 injured in road accidents across Thailand on Wednesday, bringing the total in the first six days of the so-called 10 dangerous days of the New Year holidays to 272.

33 Russian tourists injured when bus crashes into tollbooth in Pattaya

The casualties were recorded in 339 road crashes on Jan 1, the Road Safety Directing Centre of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Thursday.

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BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS