8 killed in horror road smash in Nong Khai
Eight people were killed instantly when two pickup trucks crashed in Rattana Wapi district in Nong Khai early yesterday.
One pickup, carrying five men and one women, lost control on Mittraparb-Rattana Wapi-Pak Khad Road at Nong Pai village in Tambon Rattana Wapi, resulting in the road being blocked.
The other pickup, travelling in the opposite direction en route to deliver a load of mackerel, slammed into the first car at about 1.40am.
In the second vehicle were two men – the Thai driver and a Myanmar passenger.
There were no survivors in both vehicles.
Among the dead was a 22-year-old Lao woman.
Police said the five men in the first pickup were electricians from the same village who had just left a karaoke bar with the Lao woman.
The crash occurred about two kilometres from their village.
There were no lights along the road, which is being expanded.
