A Channel 5 cameraman was killed in an accident in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sikhiu district Wednesday morning after covering a story on Transport Minister Chadchart Sitthipunt’s opening of a road-safety centre on the Mitraparp Highway. The accident took place on the highway at 10.39am. Read more: The Nation
A foreign man whose age, name, and nationality cannot be confirmed at this point, was found dead in the middle of the Pattaya-bound carriageway of Highway 7 in East Pattaya on Friday Night and he is not thought to have been killed in a road accident. Nongprue Police and Highway Police rushed to the scene […]
CHUMPHON, Dec 19 – Highway Police intercepted a shipment of 1.3 million methamphetamine pills hidden in a pickup truck carrying vegetables to Phuket. Chunmpon-based Highway Police inspector Charoenpong Khantilo led police to set up checkpoints to prevent crime and illegal smuggling before Christmas and New Year’s Festival and found suspicious pickup truck on Phetkasem Road […]
A 52-year-old Norwegian and his young 16-year-old Thai girlfriend were killed in a motorbike accident on a highway bridge near Pattaya. The man lost control of the bike, which hit the edge of the bridge. Both died instantly from the violent impact. She was identified as Ms. Somying Boonbamroongsil, age 16, he was identified as […]
SURAT THANI, July 10- Some 1,000 rubber growers on Tuesday blocked Asian Highway Route 41 in this southern Thai province, demanding that the government resolve the falling natural rubber price. Surat Thani rubber farmers blocked Asian Highway Route 41, both inbound and outbound, in Tha Chang district. Read more: MCOT
KANCHANABURI, 20 May 2012 (NNT) – The Regional Joint Public-Private Sector Consultative Committee has reported to the cabinet its resolution to support the planned THB190 billion deep-sea port and industrial estate project in Dawei, Myanmar. At the 4th mobile cabinet meeting in Kanchanaburi province chaired by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawattra, the joint committee has reported […]
BANGKOK, April 18 – Thailand’s death toll from road accidents nationwide during Thailand’s traditional week-long Songkran new year reached 320 with the number of injuries at 3,320 persons, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. During seven days of the Songkran holiday from April 11-17, 320 deaths were reported, rising by 49 persons compared […]
An 18-vehicle pileup on a major highway in Saraburi’s Kaeng Koi district on Wednesday morning resulted in three deaths and 20 injuries, police said. Saraburi police officer Pongpichit Suthamrat said the accident occurred in front of the TPI cement factory on the Mittraphap highway. Read more: Bangkok Post
