Songkran 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 […]
Read MoreSilom road not being closed for Songkran festival this year
WITH Songkran festival kicking off next Thursday (Apr. 13) revellers might be disappointed to hear that Silom road will not be close this year for them to gather there for a splashing good time but they can still enjoy themselves on the sidewalks and the alleys leading off this key artery of the metropolis, […]
Read MoreKhao San road opposing BMA’s order to remove shop signs
KHAO SAN road businesses have appealed to the Interior Ministry to coordinate with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in putting off removal of shop signs and arrange a meeting to work out a solution to this issue, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Mar. 4). Mr. Sa-nga Ruangwatanakul, president of Khaosan Business Association, said these shop signs […]
Read More48 dead on 2nd of seven dangerous days
ON THE second of seven dangerous days yesterday (Dec. 30) there were 366 accidents that killed 48 people and injured 363 others with speeding being the biggest cause of these road crashes, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 31). The Road Safety Centre said this took the total for the first two of seven […]
Read MoreKhao San road cancels New Year countdown event
KHAO SAN road entrepreneurs have cancelled New Year countdown celebration at the popular tourist strip citing request by several government agencies in refraining from organising festivities to welcome the New Year due to the current fragile state of mind of the Thai people, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Dec. 24). Mr. Sanga Ruangwatanakul, […]
Read MoreNetizens blast building a drain higher than the road
GOING viral on Thai social media is this puzzling photo of a drain built in Pattaya that is higher than the road with questions being raised as to where the water will go, Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 29). This photo was posted on PattayaWatchdog webpage which shares interesting information about this seaside city […]
Read More3 Laotian women die as van slams into truck in Rayong
A VAN carrying 14 Laotians rammed into a 10-wheel truck that had stopped at a red light in Klaeng district of Rayong province at 3 a.m. this morning (Jan. 26) killing three women from the neighbouring country, Sanook.com said. A police team from Klaeng station together with Buddhist volunteers and Sawang Phon Charity Foundation […]
Read MoreSections of Chaeng Wattana, Samut Prakan roads subside
HEAVY RAIN lasting days led to a large sinkhole appearing on Chaeng Wattana road and a 200-metre stretch of a secondary road that is being built in Samut Prakan also caving in, Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 11). The two-metre wide, five-metre long and two-metre deep sinkhole is in front of Health Land at […]
Read MoreSingaporean woman dies after slamming sedan into a bus in Phuket
A SINGAPOREAN woman driving a sedan up Phuket’s Kata hill at high speed at midnight last night (August 12) hit a bus coming downhill and later died with her four passengers and three others in the bus getting injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (August 13). Pol. Capt. Chanarong Prakongkua, deputy inspector at Karon […]
Read MoreTwo get life in jail in road rage killing over a smashed glass bottle
THE Court of First Instance in Trat province today (August 3) sentenced two defendants to life imprisonment and the third one to six years and eight months in jail for killing a man by backing their pick-up truck and hitting him twice and also severely beating him up after mistakenly believing that he had […]
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