JUST days after a woman’s leg was severed till the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport a man shopping at Nonthaburi’s biggest mall on Saturday (July 15) narrowly escaped injury after his slipper got stuck in an escalator, Sanook.com said this morning (July 17). Last Tuesday (July 11), an escalator at
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4 runners die, over 30 hurt in hillside bus crash
A BUS carrying a large number of runners ran off the road and plunged down a cliff while coming down a hill in Sisaket province killing four athletes and injuring over 30 others today (July 9), TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said. The bus was taking the runners participating in “Suranaree Trail Running
Read moreLoose bolts led to horrific accident at Don Mueang Airport: Academic
A KASETSART University academic said the accident at Don Mueang Airport whereby a female passenger’s left leg was severed till the knee after it was swallowed by a moving walkway was caused by loose bolts holding down a metal plate at the end of the conveyor belt, Naewna and Matichon newspapers said today (July
Read morePassenger’s leg severed by moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport
A FEMALE passegner’s left leg was ripped off to the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang International Airport early this morning (June 29) and she was quickly taken to Bhumibol Hospital for treatment, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Karan Thanakuljeeraphat, director of Don Mueang Airport, said at 8.30 a.m. that the unidentified
Read moreBus slams into power pole with one person trapped beneath the vehicle
BANGKOK bus number 13 running from Huay Kwang to Khlong Toei lost control and rammed into an electricity pole at Pracha Songkhro intersection, Asok Din Daeng road, at 1 p.m. today (June 24) with one injured victim trapped beneath the vehicle, TV Channel 7 said. The bus also hit three to four motorcycles and
Read moreTHAI airplane’s winglet damaged after hitting EVA jet
THAI Airways International (THAI) clarified that its passenger jet’s right winglet got damaged after hitting an EVA plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 11 a.m. local time (9 a.m. in Thailand) today (June 10) but there were no injuries, Matichon newspaper said. The THAI plane, Flight TG 683, was taxiing to fly back to
Read moreMeth pills found in pick-up truck crushed by trailer truck
A PICK-UP truck trying to overtake a trailer truck in Pathum Thani got badly crushed with the driver dying on the spot while police investigating the accident found 400 methamphetamine pills in the wreck, Amarin TV said today (May 8). Pol. Capt. Nattawut Puangthong, an investigator at Lat Lum Kaeo police station, was alerted
Read more3 hurt as aluminium sheet falls from hospital building under construction
PEOPLE fled in panic after an aluminium sheet being hoisted up a building under construction at Chulalongkorn Hospital suddenly fell to the ground at 4 p.m. today (Apr. 20) injuring three people and damaging a police sedan parked upfront, TV Channel 7 said. This accident occurred shortly before Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was to
Read moreTwo dead as tank overturns during joint exercise
A SOLDIER and a cadet died this morning (Feb. 14) when a light tank they were travelling in overturned during a joint military, police and civilian exercise in Lopburi province, Matichon newspaper said. This year’s joint exercise by King’s Guard, 2nd Cavalry Division, was participated by soldiers and cadets from all three military branches
Read moreSwedish man dies in crash just 5 days after meeting Thai girlfriend
A ROMANCE between a Swedish man and a Thai woman that bloomed on social media for two years and culminated in their getting together in Thailand just five days ago ended in tragedy when he died in a motorcycle accident today (Jan. 28), TV Channel 7 said. At 2.30 p.m. Pol. Lt. Tharathip Wijarn,
Read moreSchool footballers, coaches hurt after bus hits top of underpass
A BUS taking a school football team and their coaches from Bangkok’s Nong Chok district to a field in Bang Sao Thong district, Samut Prakan, hit the top of a Motorway underpass causing the roof to cave in and this leading to 13 of them getting injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 15).
Read moreDriver dies, 5 tourists hurt as SUV drives off cliff in Chiang Rai
A SPORTS utility vehicle plunged down a cliff in Chiang Rai yesterday (Jan. 12) killing the driver and seriously injuring three of five Israeli tourists, Naewna newspaper said The vehicle was going up a narrow dirt road to Ban Akha Pang Klang, a hilltribe village in Mae Kon subdistrict, Mueang district, when it drove
Read more3 dead, 2 injured in Phuket motorbike crash
A THAI man and two foreigners died and other foreigners got injured after a Russian man zooming down a Phuket road on a big bike hit another motorcycle ridden by three other foreigners then slammed into a parked taxi, Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 4). At 3.30 a.m. this morning Pol. Lt. Col. Prasit
Read more3 Laotian women die as van slams into truck in Rayong
A VAN carrying 14 Laotians rammed into a 10-wheel truck that had stopped at a red light in Klaeng district of Rayong province at 3 a.m. this morning (Jan. 26) killing three women from the neighbouring country, Sanook.com said. A police team from Klaeng station together with Buddhist volunteers and Sawang Phon Charity Foundation
Read moreUpdate: BTS escalator accident blamed on teenagers slipping and falling
POLICE said the escalator accident at BTS Surasak station this evening (August 20) that left 27 people injured occurred after a large crowd of teenagers returning home from a concert at a nearby school rushed in amidst the rain but someone slipped at the top of the stairs moving up causing others too to
Read more14 injured as BTS escalator suddenly speeds up
AROUND 14 people were injured this evening (August 20) after an escalator at BTS Surasak station suddenly started descending rapidly throwing them down, Daily News and The Standard said. Rescuers from Ruam Katanyu Foundation quickly rushed there and took those injured to Taksin, Charoenkrung Pracharak, and Chulalongkorn hospitals for treatment. They said that the
Read moreSingaporean woman dies after slamming sedan into a bus in Phuket
A SINGAPOREAN woman driving a sedan up Phuket’s Kata hill at high speed at midnight last night (August 12) hit a bus coming downhill and later died with her four passengers and three others in the bus getting injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (August 13). Pol. Capt. Chanarong Prakongkua, deputy inspector at Karon
Read moreStudent dashing across the road badly injured after being hit by car
A SEVENTH grade female student who ran across a road in Rayong without heeding a warning from her caretaker and not waiting for her friends was badly injured after being hit by a sedan this afternoon (July 25), Sanook.com said. At 4 p.m. today Pluak Daeng Foundation was notified of an accident on Road
Read moreCanadian woman biking in Kanchanaburi dies after being hit by pickup truck
A CANADIAN woman biking in Kanchanaburi with her husband died early this morning (June 18) after being hit by a pickup truck while changing lanes to make a U-turn, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.30 a.m. Pol. Capt. Chairat Chananan, a deputy inspector at Mueang Kanchanaburi police station, was alerted of the accident on
Read moreFrench woman biking in Ayutthaya dies after being hit by sedan
TWO women tourists, one French and the other American, were hit by a sedan while riding their bicycles across an intersection in Ayutthaya city last night (May 25) with the former dying in the hospital while the latter survived her injuries and the accident blamed on a confusion over the traffic light signals, Matichon
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