Police and medics were called to Highway 7 on the outskirts of Pattaya on Thursday afternoon to deal with a serious and fatal accident involving a crane and two Toyota Minivans which left a driver dead and 5 passengers injured. The incident occurred on the Laem Chabang section of Highway 7 where a new flyover […]
In the early hours of Friday a three-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 331 which left one male driver dead. The crash involved a Black Mercedes Benz driven by Khun Surachai aged 50, a White Toyota Vios driven by Khun Siripan aged 34 and an 18-wheel truck driven by Khun Tongchai aged 29. Read more: Pattaya […]
A 34-year-old American citizen was killed as she tried to cross a highway with a friend in Chiang Mai shortly after midnight Friday and was hit by a speeding car. Identified by her uninjured friend as Ms Nicole Saengsuree, she lied dead in front of the Central Festival Chiangmai store on the highway from Chiang […]
The driver of a Minivan, transporting Indian tourists from Suvanarbumi Airport in Bangkok to Rayong Province, is thought to have fallen asleep at the wheel causing his Minivan to come off the road and flip onto its side, injuring all seven Indian passengers and injuring the driver as well. The accident occurred on Highway 36 […]
A total of 322 Songkran revellers died and 3,225 others were injured in the seven dangerous days of the Songkran festival. Only on the last day April 17, 43 persons died and 299 others were injured. The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said it has recorded a total of 2,992 traffic accident cases during the […]
BANGKOK, April 15 – Songkran celebrants started returning from upcountry to the capital today to avoid traffic congestion as highway police are in full force to facilitate motorists and travellers. Nakhon Ratchasima where roads from several northeastern provinces meet has been congested since yesterday. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, 10 April 2014 (NNT) – The Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (EXAT) and the Highway Department have announced that no tolls will be collected on a number of expressways and inter-provincial motorways during the Songkran holiday. According to the Highway Department, it will not collect toll on Highway No 7 (Chon Buri […]
On Sunday afternoon, Police and rescue workers were called to Highway 36 to deal with a crash involving an 18-wheel truck and a pick-up with reports of multiple persons injured. At the scene, on the Rayong-bound carriageway were the two vehicles, an 18-wheel truck full of cement, driven by Khun Suwit aged 34 and the […]
