One killed, two severely injured in trailer head-on collision in Chon Buri
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One driver’s wife was killed early Wednesday when two 18-wheel trailer trucks collided head-on in Chon Buri’s Si Racha district. Both drivers were injured.
Police said the accident occurred on Mab Hing-Laem Chabang Road near the Hemmaraj 2 Industrial Estate.
The front of both trucks, a Hino and a Nissan, were crushed in the collision.
Somsak Prempreeda, 49, driving the Hino, and his wife Wassana, 45, were hurled through the windshield.
The woman died at the scene while the drivers were rushed to hospital.
Police said the driver of the Nissan, Boonmee Im-aim, 50, was apparently trying to overtake another vehicle when his truck struck Somsak’s Hino head-on.
