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Lorry smashes head-on into songthaew, killing 16
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/05/2014
» At least 16 people were killed when a lorry crashed head-on into a local songthaew on a mountain road in Tak's Muang district late yesterday morning, police and hospital officials said.
Pakistan bus crash leaves 42 dead
AFP, Published on 20/04/2014
» A speeding passenger bus smashed into a tractor-trailer in southern Pakistan Sunday, killing 42 people including 14 children and injuring more than a dozen others with many in critical condition, police said.
Tough town endures its latest tragedy
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 30/03/2014
» Mae Sot is a tough town. It has to be. Located on a remote part of the Thai-Myanmar border it has seen its share of armed conflict, battered refugees, natural disasters and other hurts. Last week the town was thrown into a maelstrom of grief after a bus carrying 53 of its villagers plunged over a cliff killing 30 and seriously injuring another 23.
Tragedy as tour bus plunges into ravine
Published on 25/03/2014
» A double-decker bus carrying municipal workers on a field trip plunged off a steep road and into a ravine in Tak province, killing at least 30 people and injuring 22 others, on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday.
Six die in three-vehicle-elephant collisions
Online Reporters, Published on 12/03/2014
» Six people were killed and two others injured in a road accident involving three vehicles and three wild elephants in Rayong province on Wednesday morning. One of the elephants later died.
MAS plane believed down off Vietnam
Published on 08/03/2014
» Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks close to where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing earlier in the day, the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people had crashed.
Philippines bus ravine plunge kills 14
AFP, Published on 07/02/2014
» Two foreigners were among 14 people killed when a tourist bus fell into a deep ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines on Friday, authorities said.
14 dead as bus falls into ravine in Philippines
AFP, Published on 07/02/2014
» Fourteen people including two foreigners were killed and 31 others were injured as a tourist bus fell into a deep ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines on Friday, police said.
Better safety at horror crash bridge
Online Reporters, Published on 27/12/2013
» Better lighting and warning signs will be installed to help prevent a repeat of the horror bus plunge from a bridge in Petchabun that killed 29 people overnight, caretaker Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt said on Friday.
Wake-Up call needed in road safety
News, Published on 04/08/2013
» We all know the deadly bus crash in Thailand last month was caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. Statistics indicate that in the United States, drowsy driving causes at least 20% of fatal vehicle accidents annually.