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The 11.30pm accident took place near the mouth of Soi Suksawat 35.&nbsp;

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Pol Lt Colonel Pradit Plaiduan noted four damaged motorcycles and the SUV with a deeply dented front bumper and shattered windshield.&nbsp; 
Driver Issaree Assawachaichat, 57, of Nakhon Pathom was tested and allegedly found to have 124 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, far above the 50-milligram legal limit.

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Taken to hospital were police sergeants major Suriya Boontawan and Sommai Khunthong and motorcyclists Rawiroj Yimlamai, Siripen Khamnet, Ketsadaporn Anathamsomat and Jatuphum Daikrajai.

‘Drunk driver’ ploughs into Bangkok police checkpoint

A 57-year-old woman allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol crashed her Toyota Innova SUV into a police checkpoint in Bangkok’s Rat Burana district late Saturday night, injuring two officers and four motorcyclists.