Korat crane accident death toll down to 30; ITD still holding 2 contracts
THE DEATH toll from a huge crane at the construction of a high-speed rail bridge falling on a Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani train just as it was passing Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) on Wednesday (Jan. 14) has been reduced to 30 from 32 amid ongoing forensic procedures as rescuers had yesterday recovered both intact and incomplete bodies […]
Read MorePM orders action against ITD after two fatal crane accidents
CARETAKER Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan. 15) ordered action against Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the contractor of two projects where cranes fell and killed 32 train passengers and injured dozens others in Nakhon Ratchasim (Korat) province yesterday and two pickup truck drivers at Rama II road stretch in Samut Sakhon province this […]
Read More3,731 drink-driving cases in six days of New Year holidays
THERE were a total of 3,936 traffic accidents during six days of New Year holidays (Dec. 30-Jan. 4) with drink-driving accounting for a staggering 3,731 cases (94.79%), TV Channel 7 said this morning (Jan. 5). Pol. Lt. Col. Piya Raksakul, director of Probation Department, said despite intensified enforcement measures yesterday there were altogether 813 […]
Read MoreAnother accident near deadly bus plunge spot
ANOTHER accident took place just 200 metres away from the spot where a double-decker bus plunged off a road while coming downhill in Prachin Buri before dawn today (Feb. 26) killing 19 people and injuring 30 others with this time involving two men jumping off a pickup truck hit by a brake problem and […]
Read More190 killed in New Year holiday road accidents so far
WITH FOUR days of New Year holidays having now passed, as many as 190 people have been killed in 1,570 accidents nationwide while 1,574 got injured and it was Kanchanaburi where the highest number of accidents occurred while Bangkok recorded the most fatalities, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 2). The Department of Disaster Prevention […]
Read MoreBangkokians warned big building sites still unsafe
AFTER some hair-raising accidents at construction projects in Bangkok last year, Democrat Party’s deputy leader who is also a professor in civil engineering warned that residents are still risk of being killed or injured at big building sites thus should support his campaign to set up an independent organisation to monitor them, TV Channel […]
Read MoreNew Year road toll climbs to 71 on second day
WITH just two of seven dangerous days of New Year holidays having passed, as many as 71 people have died in traffic accidents with 37 fatalities occurring yesterday (Dec. 30), TV Channel 7 said. Moreover 404 people got injured in 385 accidents yesterday, with two key causes being speeding, 34.55%, and drink driving, 22.60%. […]
Read MoreTraffic accidents kill 34 on first day of New Year holidays
THERE were 339 accidents leading to 34 fatalities and 335 people being injured yesterday (Dec. 29) the first day of the New Year holidays, Amarin TV said today. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation’s Road Safety Centre said on the first day of the “Drive safely – Thailand without accidents” campaign most of […]
Read MoreNot the first time – airport moving walkway devoured passenger’s sandal in 2019
AFTER a woman’s left leg was severed till the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport early this morning (June 29) it has led to netizens criticising airport safety with one of them mentioning that a similar incident occurred four years ago but fortunately he pulled his foot out of the jammed […]
Read MoreSongkran Festival death toll drops by 5%
DEPUTY Interior Minister Naris Khamnurak said this morning (Apr. 18) that the death toll from road accidents during Songkran Festival’s “seven dangerous days”, April 11-17, 2023, dropped by 5% year-on-year, Thai Post newspaper said. However, while the number of accidents had increased the situation had returned to normal today, he added. Latest statistics show […]
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