8 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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