Woman, 26, crushed by water truck on Kata Hill

Phuket: A woman has died after being crushed by a water truck on Kata Hill last night (Mar 20). Karon Police were notified of the accident at around 7pm. Capt Channarong Prakongkue of Karon Police and Phuket Ruamjai Foundation rescue workers arrived at the scene approximately 80m from Soi Hinkaaw where they found three people […]

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Tangled truck blacks out Bangkok neighbourhood

Businesses and homes in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang area were without electricity for part of Friday morning after a 10-wheel truck got tangled in power lines on Ramkhamhaeng Soi 129 shortly after 9am. Metropolitan Electricity Authority officials had the downed lines reconnected within three or four hours and replaced a utility pole that was knocked over […]

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Bangkok: Diesel-Powered Trucks Banned

BANGKOK, Jan 15 (TNA) – More road checkpoints have been erected to ban diesel-power trucks from entering the capital’s inner areas during rush hour in a bid to ease fine dust pollution. The checkpoints were increased from 12 to 20 on the outskirts of Bangkok such as in Thonburi, Bang Khun Thian and Bangna, where […]

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Nine killed in Phetchabun two-truck collision

Four residents of a Phetchabun village and five employees of the provincial electrical authority were killed on Sunday when a utility truck and a pickup collided. The Sawang Mongkol Thammasathan Lomsak Foundation had rescue workers at the scene on Lom Sak-Chumpae Road near Huay Tong Bridge in Tambon Ban Klang, Lom Sak district, soon after […]

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