37 killed in road accidents
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published : 15 Apr 2021 at 14:32 Officials direct traffic in Khon Kaen on Saturday. (Photo supplied by Chakkrapan Natanri)
Thirty-seven people died in road accidents during the Songkran holiday on Wednesday, bringing the accumulative deaths over the past five days to 192.
On Wednesday, 330 road accidents occurred in all but six provinces, injuring 328 people and killing 37, some of whom died in hospitals.
Since the country was in lockdown during the Songkran holiday last year, the Road Safety Director Centre, which keeps track of the numbers, used the 2019 data for comparison purposes this year. Based on these figures, the numbers of accidents, deaths and injuries dropped across the board. (see chart).
PM pledges to take care of ageing on Elderly Day
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published : 14 Apr 2021 at 04:00
2 Youngsters get creative as they try to sculpt sand figures during a Songkran celebration at Wat Siripong Thammanimit in Bang Khen. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
The government pledged to take care of elderly citizens on the occasion of National Elderly Day yesterday and assured Thai citizens nationwide of the country s plan to provide care for the elderly.
Deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said the government has factored in the country s ageing population into the national agenda and will continue to implement its senior citizen plans in order to prepare Thai society for an ageing society.
8 The fire-gutted bus after it was towed to Ban Haet police station in Ban Haet district of Khon Kaen on Tuesday. (Photo: Chakkrapan Natanri)
KHON KAEN: The driver of the tour bus that burst into flames early on Tuesday, killing five passengers and injuring 12 others, has been charged with reckless driving causing deaths and injuries.
The fatal fire occurred about 12.30am on Tuesday on the Mittraphap highway in Ban Haet district, shortly after the Bangkok-bound bus, with 33 passengers on board, left the Khon Kaen terminal.
Pol Col Thanomsak Sopha, the Ban Haet police chief, said on Wednesday that the driver, Patsadee Kham-on, 48, of Maha Sarakham s Borabue district, who also sustained burns, had been charged.
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Storms damage houses, temples in Khon Kaen
published : 8 Mar 2021 at 10:40
130 This house lost its roof when a storm tore through Chonnabot district of Khon Kaen on Sunday. (Photo: Chakkrapan Natanri)
KHON KAEN: A wild storm damaged 357 houses and three temples at two villages in Chonnabot district on Sunday afternoon.
Duanpen Noramat, an assistant district chief, described the storm as the strongest in several decades. It hit the municipal area of Chonnabot district about 3.30pm.
Mrs Duanpen said she and other officials had inspected the storm-hit area. They learned that 357 houses in two villages had reported damage, some of it major.