Road accidents killed 299 people nationwide, with Nakhon Sawan leading the death tally at 13, over the first six of the “seven dangerous days” of Songkran. Bangkok and Ayutthaya were next the worst with 11 fatalities each, the Road Safety Centre said yesterday. As of Saturday, 3,172 people had been injured in traffic accidents, with […]
Mr Radislav Obernikhin, a 41-year-old Russian national, was woken from his slumbers on the back seat of his pickup just after 3:30 on Thursday morning by police volunteers. The reason for the interest of the patrolling volunteers was that the pickup was parked in the middle of Highway 7 and was potentially a traffic hazard. […]
Bangkok – A 10-wheel truck smashed into a bus for factory workers near Bangkok Monday, killing seven and injuring 65, police said. Two more people were killed when a pickup truck that had stopped to get a better look at the accident was hit from behind by a speeding vehicle. Read more: Monsters and Critics
The driver of an 18-wheel truck was killed and his two assistants seriously wounded in an attack on a highway in Pattani’s Kapho district on Friday. Police said the attack took place shortly after noon on Highway 4060 near Village No 4 in tambon Talo Duraman while the three men were returning to Yala after […]
About 1,000 farmers on Monday block the Phitsanulok – Nakhon Sawan road for the second day running, demanding the government raise the guaranteed price of rice for pledged crops to 14,000 baht per tonne. On Sunday, the farmers from the lower northern provinces of Phitsanulok, Sukhothai and Kamphaeng Phet began blocking all four main in-bound […]
A coach travelling to Udon Thani Province for a Royal Cremation Ceremony was involved in a road accident on Friday Night which killed 3 and injured 45 people. The accident occurred on Highway 331 in Huoy Yai on the outskirts of Pattaya and occurred when the coach hit a stationary 18-wheel truck which had stopped […]
YALA, Feb 21 – An explosion at a Yala supermarket killed one woman and wounded 12 other people in this violence-plagued province Monday afternoon, the second in eight days. The blast set fire to nearby shops, a highway police vehicle and several motorcycles. The dead woman has not yet been identified. According to a preliminary […]
The transport minister is poised to enforce strict control on the speed limit on highways and regulate school buses across the country in the interest of safety. Transport Minister Sopon Sarum stated he has unveiled two urgent policies on road safety. The policies are in accordance with the Transport Ministry’s mandate to decrease road accidents […]
