A terrible crash on Motorway Route 7 in Chon Buri killed four individuals early this morning, including a pregnant employee. The accident occurred when a van carrying migrant staff rear-ended a trailer truck on the Pattaya-inbound lane within the Nong Khang Khok sub-district of the main city district.
Rescuers and police rushed to the scene to discover a passenger van with Bangkok licence plates that had sustained significant harm to the entrance. An 18-wheel trailer truck hauling a container was found close by, Bangkok Post reported.
The van driver and 12 passengers had been trapped contained in the car and had to be retrieved from the wreckage. Unfortunately, Guide , 55 yr old Pattaradet Kaew-in, and three passengers misplaced their lives, whereas the nine injured, 5 significantly, were transported to Chon Buri Hospital.
A police investigation discovered that the van was carrying 12 migrant employees from Cambodia and Myanmar who had employed the driving force to take them to the border province of Chanthaburi to resume their migrant employee cards.
The truck driver, 50 yr old Sayen Phalaphon informed police that he was driving along the motorway when the van suddenly rammed into the again of his vehicle, and the brakes weren’t utilized. Police suspected that the van driver may need fallen asleep.
The ThaiRSC reported in January that as many as 939,713 street accidents were reported in Thailand final 12 months, up four.7% from 2021. Road accidents killed 14,737 people, and injured 924,799 last 12 months, ThaiRSC mentioned. The committee reported that 536 deaths and 7,885 accidents had been among foreigners.
Meanwhile, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre reported 2,440 street accidents during the annual “7 dangerous days” (December 29 to January 4) when people head to their hometowns to mark the brand new 12 months..