25 killed in horrific road accident in Chon Buri
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Twenty-five people were killed when a speeding passenger van crashed head-on with a pick-up truck on Chon Buri-Klaeng road Monday afternoon, police said.
The accident happened at 2 pm on the road No 344 in Tambon Nong I-roon in Chon Buri’s Ban Bueang district.
Police said a Chanthaburi-Bangkok passenger van crossed into the opposite lane and crashed with a pick-up truck.
The van driver and 12 passengers were burned inside the van and 12 other people travelling on the pick-up truck were killed.
A witness, Bancha Parnnum, told police that the he saw the van crossed the lane to hit the truck, causing the van to catch fire which quickly engulfed the vehicle.
