Three-truck pile-up kills driver; 43 hurt in bus smash
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An 18-wheel trailer truck carrying eucalyptus wood collided with another 18-wheel trailer at Chong Tako area in Sa Kaew's Ta Phraya district yesterday - before another gasoline-transporting trailer truck rammed into them. One person died in the accident
The mid-road smash caused three-kilometre-long traffic jams and took three hours to clear.
The three-vehicle accident took place at 6am on highway 384 in tambon Thab Rat, instantly killing the first truck driver Kriangkrai Saenkhamma. The two injured drivers were taken to Ta Phraya Hospital.
In related news, a chartered bus carrying Bangkok’s Thaweewattana District Office employees to a seminar in Krabi province, lost control on a curve and overturned yesterday in Surat Thani’s Khian Sa district.
Forty-three people were hurt in the accident
