363 people killed, 2,090 injured on roads in eight days of New Year holidays
A total of 363 people have died and 2,090 others have been injured in 2,149 road accidents across the country in the past eight days.
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A total of 363 people have died and 2,090 others have been injured in 2,149 road accidents across the country in the past eight days.
A Japanese tourist was fined 3,000 baht by police in Chiang Mai province after he resisted their attempt to stop him from flying a sky lantern, in violation of a local ban on flying them on New Year’s Eve.
Fifty more people were killed and 346 others were injured on New Year’s Day in 339 road accidents nationwide, raising the number killed in the past six days to 272 and 1,694 injured in 1,739 road accidents, according to the ‘Directorate to Prevent and Reduce Road Accidents’.
Five elderly people were killed and about 30 others were injured when their chartered bus, on a journey which began in Betong district of Yala province, skidded off the road and struck a tree before overturning in Chaiya district of Surat Thani last night.
Casualties on Thailand’s roads during the first five days of the New Year holidays have risen to 215 killed and 1,354 injured in 1,398 accidents, according to the Directorate to Prevent and Reduce Road Accidents.
As New Year holiday-makers return to Bangkok, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin expressed concern that road accidents may increase, because many may have celebrated the arrival of the New Year until after midnight and lack sufficient rest.
A Swedish national was rushed to a hospital in Mueang district of Lop Buri for medical treatment and vaccination yesterday, after he was bitten by a long-tailed macaque at Phra Prang Som Yot, a well-known landmark in the province.
Over 100,000 Thais and visitors are expected to converge at the Icon Siam shopping mall tonight to participate in the ‘Amazing Thailand Countdown 2025’ event, which will feature a huge fireworks display and multiple musical performances, with K-pop queen Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban as the star attraction.
Bangkok City officials are checking fire safety measures at all hotels, malls and entertainment venues in the capital, in an effort to prevent a repeat of the fatal fire in a hotel in the Khao San area on Sunday, which left three foreign nationals dead and seven injured.
One of the three people who died in a hotel fire in Bangkok’s Khao San area on Sunday night has been identified as a Brazilian woman, whose boyfriend had just proposed marriage, according to Chana Songkhram police quoting the boyfriend.
After their motor boat capsized about 40 metres off Rin Beach on Pha-ngan Island in Surat Thani early this morning, nine passengers and three crew were rescued, but a South Korean remains missing.
A total of 1,685 motorcycle and car drivers appeared in courts on Friday and Saturday and were placed on probation for driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving or drinking while driving.