13 injured, including 12 students, in Phichit road accident
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Twelve students were injured on Wednesday evening when their pickup truck was hit by another pickup, whose driver was also severely injured in Phichit province.
The students' pickup had reportedly been modified into a transport vehicle.
Police said the accident happened at 5.50pm on the Nakhon Sawan-Phitsanulok Road in Tambon Thanong's Moo 6 village, Thalay district.
Police said the pickup, which was transporting students home after school, was hit on the right side, sending it crashing into a tree on the roadside.
The impact caused the students to be thrown out of the vehicle onto the road.
Police said Amphai Klaydee, the driver of the second pickup, was severely injured.
Thongsuk Hunklay, 48, the driver of the students' vechicle, said he was bringing the students home when his vehicle was hit by Amphai's pickup, which he said was speeding.
