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
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Swedish 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
Read moreDouble trouble for sedan hit by uninsured police bus
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media today (May 15) is the account of a Bangkok sedan driver who after being hit by an uninsured police bus was urged by the policemen in the large vehicle to agree to being hit again by an insured white van so as to claim insurance payment, Matichon newspaper
Read moreTraffic misery at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection after bad accident
THERE were terrible traffic jams at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection early this morning (May 11) after some steel beams fell off a truck and hit a sedan following behind but fortunately no one was injured, Thai Rath and Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Col. Thanawat Wiphatothai, a deputy inspector at Makkasan police station, was alerted of this
Read more5 dead, 20 injured as tour bus crashes into bridge in Saraburi
A TOUR BUS got badly damaged and tilted after crashing into a bridge at its entrance ramp in Saraburi province at around 3 p.m. today (Mar. 12) killing five passengers and leaving 20 other injured, Matichon newspaper said. The driver of the Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi tour bus, owned by Sahaphan Roiet Tour Co., Ltd., lost control of
Read moreScaffolding collapses at Wireless-Rama 4 project site killing 2 workers
TWO CONSTRUCTION workers were crushed to death when scaffolding at a mixed-use project at the corner of Wireless and Rama 4 roads collapsed today (Feb. 16), Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Prakan Kawee, an investigator at Lumpini police station, rushed to One Bangkok mixed-use project site upon hearing of the accident where a luxury
Read moreWisanu: Speeding cop is allowed to ordain as a monk
AMID a storm of criticism that the policeman who rammed his big bike at a female doctor on a zebra crossing killing her has now been allowed to ordain as a monk, Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Krua-Ngam stepped in to clarify that he is allowed to do so because even the clergy can testify
Read moreSpeeding cop who killed doctor faces seven charges
THE policeman who hit a woman doctor at a Phaya Thai road pedestrian crossing while zooming through on a big bike on Jan. 21 leading to her death faces seven serious charges, police said today (Jan. 24). The charges filed against Pol. L/Col Norawit Buadok are as follows: – Driving recklessly leading to the
Read moreDad heartbroken after speeding cop hit and killed female doctor
THE father of a female doctor who died after being hit by a policeman speeding down a Bangkok road on a big bike is heartbroken at her death as he himself just retired from the medical profession and had big hopes of her following his footsteps in the field, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Jan.
Read moreArmy truck carrying gravel overturns after tyre explodes
AN ARMY truck transporting gravel from Saraburi province to Bangkok overturned in the middle of a road in Pathum Thani province after the rear tyre exploded but fortunately the lone soldier driving the vehicle was not injured, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Nov. 22). At 2 p.m. Pol.Maj. Singha Fuengkaew, a traffic inspector at Khlong Luang
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