
After the accident at 4.30am on the Asia Highway in Ban Phrao sub-district, police and fire engines attended the burning van. It took them 30 minutes to put the blaze out. Pol Lance-Corporal Ekkachai Khongsong and Pol Lance-Corporal Thikhamporn Sawatdi, both 25, were killed. It was suspected that Ekkachai may have fallen asleep while driving.