4 Myanmar nationals die, 9 injured in road accident in Kanchanaburi province

[webfact]

 

Four undocumented migrant workers from Myanmar were killed and nine others injured when a pickup truck in which they were travelling ploughed into a roadside ditch and overturned near the Thai-Myanmar border in Sangkhla Buri district, of the western province of Kanchanaburi, early this morning (Sunday). The car’s driver fled the scene.

 

Thai emergency services, dispatched to the scene near Highway 323, between Sangkhla Buri and the Three Pagoda Pass, said they pulled the dead bodies of three men and one woman from the wreckage. Nine others were injured and were taken to Sangkhla Buri district hospital.

 

Witnesses claim they saw two men run away from the scene of the accident, one of them is believed to have been the driver of the ill-fated vehicle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/4-myanmar-nationals-die-9-injured-in-road-accident-in-kanchanaburi-province/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-29

 

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[RichardColeman]

Nothing will ever happen to stop the carnage until a high ranking official's family is completely wiped out. Till then its let the poor populace be curbed 

[rwill]

5 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Nothing will ever happen to stop the carnage until a high ranking official's family is completely wiped out. Till then its let the poor populace be curbed 

I don't think even that would change anything.

[jaywalker]

Brakes failed?

[Katipo]

That stretch of road is relatively safe, being without the sharp curves of the Thong Pa Phum - Sangklaburi part. I am not suggesting the driver was at fault, but the driver was probably at fault. RIP to the victims, who no doubt came to Thailand to provide a better life for their families' back home.

[brianthainess]

I have no doubt it was a Thai Driver again, killing migrant workers, how many is that, this year alone ? 25+ ?

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Witnesses claim they saw two men run away from the scene of the accident, one of them is believed to have been the driver of the ill-fated vehicle.

Soon to be found and jailed I hope.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Fifteen in a pickup truck makes a mockery of the implementation of rules governing seat belts and passenger numbers in this type of vehicle.

[Stargeezr]

Yup 13 people in a pickup, sound like a Thailand accident to me.

  RIP to the poor people who died.