1 dead, 21 injured as speedboat collides with a trawler off Krabi
A RUSSIAN teenage girl died and 21 others were injured after a speedboat carrying 52 tourists collided with a trawler near Koh Kai and Koh Phi Phi islands off Krabi province this morning (Jan. 11), Amarin TV said. The Phuket Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office said the accident occurred at approximately 8.55 a.m. […]
Read MorePassenger jet collides with army helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Arlington, Va. – A passenger jet collided on Wednesday Jan. 29 (Jan. 30 morning in Thailand) with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There was no immediate word on casualties, but all […]
Read MoreTourist dies in jet-ski collision at Patong Bay
A CHINESE tourist died after the jet-ski he was zipping around at Patong Bay this afternoon (Jan. 14) collided with the one his friend was riding, Amarin TV said. At 2:30 p.m, Pol. Lt. Col. Thapapon Paengphimlo, an investigation officer at Patong police station, was alerted by a jet-ski hire operator that two water […]
Read MoreTourist boat sinks in Chao Phraya boat collision
A TUGBOAT laden with heavy loads of sand lost control and slammed into a tourist boat at a pier adjacent to Krungthep bridge triggering a chain reaction leading to four others likewise being hit and one sinking while a woman got injured earlier today (Dec. 4), Naewna newspaper said. At 10.56 a.m. a team […]
Read MoreBangkok-Chiang Mai train slams into truck, northern line delayed
A FAST TRAIN heading for Chiang Mai smashed into a ten-wheel truck just before reaching Chum Saeng station in Nakhon Sawan at 7.34 p.m. this evening (Jan. 19) with the driver killed on the spot while all northern line trains running both ways were delayed, Matichon newspaper said. Aside from the driver who died, […]
Read More5 dead in fiery plane collision at Tokyo airport
By AP and published by CTV News Tokyo – A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport today (Jan. 2) and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was […]
Read More3 drug runners die in collision of two pickup trucks
THREE drug traffickers who were carrying 2.1 million methamphetamine pills in their pickup truck died upon colliding with another pickup truck in Mukdahan before dawn today (Feb. 22), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Kittiwat Khonhan, an investigator at Mueang Mukdahan police station, was alerted of the collision at entrance of Wat Sri Sawang […]
Read More17 dead, many injured in horror bus-train collision
A BUS taking factory workers from Samut Prakan to Chacheongsao province for a religious ceremony at a temple there was completely smashed by a train at 9.30 a.m. this morning leaving 17 people dead and estimated 29 to 30 injured with officials still trying to get some of the bodies out of the wreck, Thai […]
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