Nurse killed in car crash in Nonthaburi
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A nurse was killed when her car crashed into the rear of a truck on an expressway in Nonthaburi and caught fire early Wednesday.
The driver was identified as Kannikar Wongthongthiew, 27, a nurse of the Thammasat Hospital.
The accident happened at 1am on the inbound Siraj expressway about 500 metres beyond the Chaengwattana gate in Nonthaburi’s Pakkret district.
Pol Capt Jorayut Boonthong, deputy inspector of Pakkret police station, said the car caught fire after the crash and rescuers took about 15 minutes to put out the blaze. It took another 30 minutes before they could remove the woman's burned body from the car.
Jorayut said the car crashed into the rear of a truck driven by Pornchai Sirisaeng, 51.
Pornchai said he spotted the car speeding behind his truck before it crashing into the rear.
