THE OWNER of a car repair garage in Udon Thani this afternoon (Mar. 5) set his sedan on fire after recurring problems with the electrical system and said afterwards he has no regrets and is much happier, TV Channel 7 said. At 1.30 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Bamrung Naebchidchai, deputy chief of Ban Phue
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Woman fuming at getting an old engine in a new pickup she bought in cash
A YOUNG woman asked the Rayong Photographers and Media Club for help after finding out that a pickup truck she bought in cash two years ago was in fact fitted with an old engine and chassis, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 19). Ms Jindarat (surname withheld), 26, asked the media for justice because no
Read moreWoman stunned at being hit with 6.5 million baht parking fee at mall
A WOMAN who had parked her car at a well-known shopping mall for a couple of hours was shocked at being being hit with over 6.5 million baht parking fee but this later turned out to be an error by the payment machine, Sanook.com said this evening (Jan. 5). Crew of Hone Krasae programme
Read moreTwo suspects held in Narathiwat police flats car bombing
POLICE have arrested two of nine suspects in the car bombing of police flats in southern Narathiwat province on Nov. 22, 2022 that killed one policeman, injured 25 others plus 18 family members of policemen, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 2). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas said at a press conference also attended
Read moreUrgent! Policeman dies in Narathiwat car bomb explosion
A CAR BOMB exploded at the police flats within the compound of Mueang Narathiwat police station today (Nov. 22) leading to one police officer being killed and many others injured, Naewna newspaper said. The deceased policeman was identified as Pol. Capt. Sutthirak Phanthaniya, a deputy traffic inspector, with five other injured policemen rushed to
Read moreBoyfriend flees car crash with husband chasing them saving his wife
THE boyfriend of a married woman ran away after his car flipped over at a Motorway curve in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province leaving her to be rescued by her husband who was chasing them in another car, Sanook.com said today (Nov. 11). This accident occurred at 3.30 a.m. at kilometre 40 inbound
Read moreBride dies, groom badly injured in car crash
JUST 10 days before their wedding a young couple driving a pick-up van back home in Suphan Buri crashed into a tree after slipping off the road in heavy rain seriously injuring both of them but bride later died in the hospital, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Oct. 27). Pol. Capt. Ritpong Mapakhe, an investigating officer
Read moreTight security in Mae Sot after two explosions in Myawaddy
THAI soldiers and police beefed up security in risky areas of Mae Sot border town after two explosions, one of them a car bomb, rocked Myanmar’s Myawaddy town which is just across the Moei river last night (Oct. 15), Naewna newspaper said today. First to go off was a car bomb near Myanmar’s permanent
Read moreForeigner kills two teenage girls in Songkhla crash
AN AUSTRALIAN man driving a sport utility vehicle on a Songkhla road hit a motorcycle on which three female teenage students were riding, killing two of them and seriously injuring the third girl, Amarin TV said yesterday (Sept. 2). This TV channel’s reporters went to the spot of the accident on Chalatat road in
Read moreCar blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
By AP and published by ABC News plus CNN Moscow – The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said today (August 21). The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old
Read more8 hurt as speeding ambulance hits police vehicle
EIGHT persons were seriously injured in two crashes at the same spot in Phetchabun province today (Jan. 14) with a speeding ambulance slamming into a police pickup truck driven to the spot where a little earlier a sedan had crashed into a power pole, Sanook.com said. The double crashes in Mueang district began with
Read moreDriver in expressway crash that killed 3 persons was intoxicated
A YOUNG man who slammed his new Mercedes Benz sedan into another sedan on the expressway killing three people at around 1 a.m. this morning (Dec. 18) had higher than the legal limit of blood alcohol content, Siam Rath newspaper said. The accident occurred at Si Rat expressway heading for the motorway on the
Read more‘Car Mob’ processions resume in pursuit of PM’s resignation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AUTOMOBILES AND MOTORCYCLES today (August 1) resumed ”car mob” processions in Bangkok and the provinces in a concerted, sustained move to press Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down in the face of the fiasco over the alleged mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic situation. Many people riding on automobiles and
Read moreDemocrat, Bhumjaithai parties tipped to withdraw from Prayut government
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT AND BHUMJAITHAI parties are largely expected to withdraw from the coalition government under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in foreseeable future in the face of his alleged failures to address the domestic pandemic situation, said a noted political activist yesterday (July 12). Sombat Boonngam-anong, leader of a sustained anti-Prayut protest
Read moreFamily searches for owner of vehicle left overturned at fence for months
A YOUNG Man posted an online message that he is looking for the owner of a pickup truck that has remained overturned at the fence of his relative’s house for months now after zooming across and turning turtle, Sanook.com said today (June 20). Writing on a Facebook page under the name Bird Klong Yai,
Read more2 dead as car driven by Treasury official crashes into shop
A SEDAN driven by a land appraiser at the Treasury Office in Samut Songkhram province crashed into a 20 baht miscellaneous goods store after trying dodge a motorcycle that cut in front of her leading to two persons being killed and four others including herself being injured, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 2). Police
Read moreCar takes wrong turn, gets stuck on stairs
RAISING eyebrows and attracting a lot of comments are photos of a car stuck on a staircase at a car park with some netizens wondering whether the driver was awake when this happened, Amarin TV said this afternoon (May 31). Going viral on Thai social media is a post about this bizarre accident, where
Read more3 suspects hurt as police vehicle slams into 10-wheel truck
THREE suspects being taken to Rayong’s central prison got injured, one badly, this afternoon (May 12) when the police vehicle they were travelling in slammed into a ten-wheel truck at an intersection sparking a big blaze that spread quickly, Amarin TV said. A police team from Ban Khai district’s station rushed to the scene of
Read moreMan loses a million baht when car catches fire
A YOUNG Thai man who was driving to a bank in Pattaya to deposit one million baht this afternoon (May 4) lost it all when the seden suddenly caught fire, Thai Rath newspaper said. AT 12.30 p.m. this seaside city’s Sawang Boriboon Radio Rescue Centre was notified of a car ablaze on the inbound side
Read moreCar Bombing at Pakistani hotel kills 4, wounds 12
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report, and BBC Quetta, Pakistan – A car bomb blast late Wednesday (April 21) ripped through a luxury hotel’s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 12, officials said. The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan is suspected to have been
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