A LITHUANIAN man holidaying in Phuket died after a pine tree branch fell on his head as he was riding his motorcycle along Nai Thon Beach road, Thalang district, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 said this morning (March 21). Pol. Lt. Col. Wisanu Chalok, an investigation officer at Sakhu police station, was
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9 foreign tourists hurt as tree falls on bus in Kanchanaburi
NINE of 30 foreign tourists from various countries got injured after a partly-felled tree toppled on their bus as it was travelling on Kanchanaburi-Erawan Falls route today (Jan. 3), Naewna newspaper said. At 10 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Maniphat Phengkret, an investigator at Lat Ya police station, was informed of a tree falling on
Read moreBlue Tree Phuket to close its lagoon soon
POPULAR entertainment hub and waterpark Blue Tree Phuket announced on Facebook that it has had to adjust its business operation and shut down the lagoon, which is its main facility, from August 1, 2024 after operating for five years, Sanook.com said today (June 23). While other services will continue, the closure of the lagoon
Read moreOver a million trees set to be grown to build a dust wall in Bagkok
BANGKOK GOVERNOR Chadchart Sittipunt together with Ratchathewi district officials and King Power International Group executives planted a hundred yellow elder trees today (Feb. 25) as part of his policy to plant a million of them to green Bangkok and create a dust wall, INN News and TV Channel 7 said. The tree-planting is set
Read moreTree falls on car, cab during rainstorm, cabbie safe
A PRIVATE TAXI driver escaped unscathed after a tree at the fence of Chulalongkorn University fell on both his cab and a private car parked beneath it during hours-long torrential rain in Bangkok last evening, Sanook.com said this morning (Oct. 8). Both vehicles were parked beside Chamchuri building’s fence next to Phayathai road when
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