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30 illegal racers rounded up in Hat Yai
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/05/2019
» SONGKHLA: Thirty racers, most of them teenagers, were rounded up and 32 motorcycles seized by police while illegally racing on Rat Uthit road through the heart of Hat Yai city early on Sunday, police said.
Beautiful elephants parade to honour King
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/05/2019
» Mahouts led 11 white-painted elephants to parade and pay homage to His Majesty the King outside the Temple of the Emerald Buddha on Tuesday morning.
7 injured in bizarre expressway car crash
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/04/2019
» Seven people were injured in a crash on a Bangkok expressway when a car drove against the traffic flow on Monday.
174 die, 1,728 hurt on roads in first 3 days of Songkran
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/04/2019
» The first three days of the danger-prone Songkran travel week saw 1,665 traffic accidents, with 174 deaths and 1,728 people injured -- a significant drop from last year's road toll and lower than Thailand's average number of road deaths throughout the year, according to World Health Organization figures.
Van on railway crossing hit by train, 6 killed, 9 hurt
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» LOP BURI: Six passengers, one a child, were killed and nine others hurt when a van driver went through a rail crossing barrier and into the path of a Bangkok-bound passenger train in Phatthana Nikhon district in the early hours of Friday.
Drunk driver kills policeman, wife
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» The drunk owner of Thai Carbon & Graphite Co was arrested after crashing his Mercedes-Benz into a Suzuki Swift, killing a police lieutenant colonel and his wife and seriously injuring their daughter in Thawi Watthana district of Bangkok early on Friday morning.
PM Prayut calls for unity to 'keep peace'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for national unity in a Songkran message, saying that it is important to work together to maintain peace and steer the country toward democracy.
High speeds boost road deaths, says study
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» More than half of drivers in Bangkok have exceeded the speed limit, while 27% of road users have driven after drinking and 35% of motorcycle riders have incorrectly worn their helmets, according to a study by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS).
Monk, nun arrested, speed pills seized at temple in Trang
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/04/2019
» TRANG: A monk and a nun have been arrested and about 8,000 methamphetamine pills and an assault rile and 50 rounds of ammunition seized during police operations in three districts.
Speeding, drunk drivers face murder rap over Songkhran
Published on 05/04/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon says he has ordered police to charge speeding and drunk motorists who cause fatal accidents during the Songkran holiday with murder.