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	Deputy Interior Minister Visarn Techateerawat represented the centre to announce that the accumulated death toll from December 27 to New Year Day was 334 and the period saw 3,041 others injured.</div>
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	Drunk driving was the biggest cause of the road accidents, he said.</div>
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New Year casualties rise to 334 deaths, 3,041 injuries

Over 1,000 Thai protesters accuse World Bank and IMF of favouring the rich on October 15

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

New Year casualties rise to 334 deaths, 3,041 injuries

The sixth day of the "seven dangerous New Year holidays" on Wednesday saw 68 people killed and 539 others injured in 536 road accidents nationwide, the Road Safety Directing Centre announced Thursday.

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