29 per cent more caught for drunk driving this Songkran
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The number of drunk drivers put on probation by court during the Songkran period this year is 29 per cent higher compared to last year, Department of Probation director-general Pol Colonel Narat Sawettanant said Wednesday.
Also, the number of accidents this Songkran stood at 3,447, with 442 deaths and 3,656 people getting injured. Courts have put defendants on probation in 5,655 cases, of which 5,228 cases were related to drunk driving, 24 reckless driving and 403 other reasons.
Narat said the number of drunk driving cases had risen by 1,177 or 29 per cent, with most of them in Bangkok, followed by Pathum Thani with 265 cases and Sakhon Nakhon 223 cases.
