Two crashes kill 12, including French women

Nine people were killed in Chiang Rai when a cement truck swerved across the Phahon Yothin Road median strip and struck three vehicles, while a similar crash in Krabi claimed the lives of three others, including two French tourists.

In Chiang Rai, a horrific accident which involved a six-wheeled cement truck, a passenger van, a Honda Jazz and a pickup truck occurred on the Phahon Yothin Road at kilometre marker 946 in tambon Na Lae of Muang district at 2.40pm.

Witnesses said the cement truck, which was heading to Mae Sai district, swerved out of its lane to avoid rear-ending a motorcycle that was about to enter a soi, causing it to veer off the road and cross the median strip into the path of an incoming van carrying nine people.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...g-french-women