No deaths reported on Day 6 of Phuket’s Seven Days of Danger

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No deaths reported on Day 6 of Phuket’s Seven Days of Danger

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Traffic Police check a Phuket taxi driver at the Kathu checkpoint. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- The number of fatalities in Phuket during the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the New Year holidays remains at two dead after Day 6 of the campaign concluded with no further fatalities.

 

The Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) reported today (Jan 4) that there were no deaths from road accidents during Day 6 of the campaign, on Tuesday, Jan 3 (midnight to midnight).

 

However, nine people were injured in six accidents during the 24-hour period.

 

Three of the accidents were in Muang District, which encompasses Phuket Town, Kata-Karon, Wichit, Chalong, Rawai and Nai Harn.

 

One of the accidents was in Kathu District, which includes Patong, and the remaining two accidents were in Thalang District, which covers the northern half of the island.

 

Five motorists were injured in Muang District, with two more injured in Kathu and the remaining two injured in Thalang.

 

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