FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Fortune-teller sleeping on footpath run over and killed 

Fortune-teller sleeping on footpath run over and killed 

A fortune-teller dozing in his usual spot on the sidewalk in front of a Phrae market was run over and killed early Friday morning by a pickup truck whose driver had lost control.

Prasit Thungkao, 65, died soon after rescuers hoisted the truck to free him from under a wheel. 
Sirilak Punjai, 25, told police she’d been returning home from work when she lost control of her pickup after swerving to avoid another vehicle on a curve in the road outside the market in Mueang district. Police said the truck mounted the curb and struck the sleeping man at about 12.30am before coming to rest against a power pole.
Sirilak and her passenger, Panas Ruankham, 24, were taken to Prae Hospital with unspecified injuries.
Vendors at the market said Prasit was a popular figure there and typically slept on the footpath while waiting to tell the fortunes of regular customers and passers-by.

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