Several people were hurt when an elderly driver smashed into three cars, eight motorbikes and a retail store in Chiang Mai. Police said Somnuek Saritnet, 74, suffered a seizure behind the wheel and pressed down on the accelerator uncontrollably, causing the pileup in Muang District Tuesday afternoon. Read more: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST
A fire on the ground floor of the Golden Residence Hotel, which has been closed for renovation, in Chiang Mai town early on Tuesday caused about 500,000 baht damage. Mae Ping police and three fire engines from Chiang Mai Municipality rushed to the hotel. Read more: Bangkok Post
CHIANG MAI — A Chinese tourist died at a zipline attraction in Chiang Mai on Sunday, the second this year to die in the northern province under similar circumstances. Criminal negligence charges may be filed against the owners and operators of the Flying Squirrels zipline operation after news of the fatal incident emerged yesterday from […]
CHIANG MAI — A 46-year-old woman is accused of devising a particularly effective scheme for robbing men, one they might be too embarrassed to tell anyone about – especially their wives. Chiang Mai police yesterday arrested Pattana Kruengkam, ending what they said was a serial scam using her “trick as a woman” to lure elderly […]
CHIANG MAI — A man reportedly suffering from a mental disorder was arrested after he allegedly stabbed and slashed five boys, four of them related, to death at a home in Chai Prakan district on Sunday. A team of soldiers and policemen were alerted to the killings at a house owned by Yeekor Sae Jern, […]
CHIANG MAI:– An Israeli man is in police custody over the alleged theft of three 9 carat diamonds, estimated to worth between 20-28 million Baht. Police arrested Mr Marcel Bender, 36, in the Nimmanhaemin Road area of Chiang Mai on Friday. Read more: Thaivisa News
CHIANG MAI:– A German tourist has told police how he was robbed and assaulted after taking a ladyboy back to his guesthouse in Chiang Mai. Wheelchair bound, (name removed), 56, had been staying in the city when he met ladyboy, Mr Supakrit, on Friday evening. Read more: ThaiVisa News ThaiVisa / Khaosod
CHIANG MAI — A Chinese woman got her purse back thanks to a tuk-tuk driver who wrestled it back from a thief in Chiang Mai. When the thief, whose arrest was announced today, rode up on a motorcycle to snatch the unidentified tourist’s purse as she was cycling in the northern city on Thursday, he […]
