Twelve people in a pick-up. Yee-haw. Amazingly one survivor was in the back of the pick-up.

Chanthaburi transport official: Van driver had been making 5 Chanthaburi-BKK trips in 31 hours (trip~300km one way).

This years' annual NY road carnage was up a lot, but maybe not unexpected given the timing of the holiday and more people traveling?

Day 5: Death toll jumps to 367

The accumulated death toll of road accidents during the New Year's holidays shot up to 367 on the fifth day of the road safety campaign.

On Monday, there were 445 accidents in which 87 died and 465 injured, assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Witthaya Prayongphan said on Tuesday.

The figures brought the numbers of accumulated deaths and injuries over the past five days to 367 and 3,342 respectively, involving 3,157 accidents nationwide.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...l-jumps-to-367




Police point to two theories of fatal Chon Buri crash

Investigators believe either a tyre explosion of the van or its driver sleeping behind the wheel was the cause of its horrifying collision with a pickup truck in Chon Buri on Monday which killed 25 people.

Pol Lt Gen Jitti Rodbanyang, the Provincial Police Region 2 commander, said on Monday night at Bang Bung Hospital that the collision on Road 344 in Ban Bung district was most likely caused by one of the two factors.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...hon-buri-crash