Nine killed in Chiang Rai in collision between cement-mixer truck and van
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NINE people were killed in Chiang Rai province yesterday when a cement-mixer truck crashed over a traffic island and collided with an oncoming van.
The fatal accident took place in Chiang Rai’s Muang district.
The truck driver Kwangmuang Jamit, 55, and eight people in the van were killed, while four other people were injured.
An initial investigation showed that Kwanmuang lost control of the truck as he was trying to overtake a motorcycle. The truck went over the traffic island and hit the van.
The van was travelling from Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district to Muang district.
