Thai Rath reported from Chanthaburi on Thailand’s eastern seaboard where three people died yesterday when a pick-up collided head on with a ten wheel truck.
It happened around 12 noon on Route 317 KM marker 76.
Five people all aged in their fifties were on their way in a Toyota pick-up to a hospital in Muang district to see a sick relative.
The driver of a 10 wheel truck taking animal feed to Sa Kaeo told police that in an area of roadworks he swerved to the right to miss a motorcycle with sidecar.
In doing so he collided head on with the oncoming Toyota.
Dead at the scene inside the pick-up were Kanthong, 55, Teuan, 56 and 53 year old Kasem, all local people.
The driver Khamree, 57, and another female passenger called Waree, 54, were taken to Soi Dao Hospital with grievous injuries.
The driver of the ten wheeler, Suthep, 38, suffered only minor injuries from flying glass.
Source: Thai Rath