The seven-day monitoring period started Friday when people started returning homes or visiting provinces to celebrate the long Songkran holidays. 
	Thirapong Rodprasert told a press conference that centre received reports that most of the 379 road accidents were caused by drunk driving. 
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The first day of seven-day period for road accident monitoring saw 379 accidents happen and 39 people killed and 402 others injured, the Road Safety Directing Centre announced Saturday.

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