4 killed, 7 injured in head-on crash in Kalasin
A sedan and a van crashed head on at an intersection in Kalasin’s Muang district on Monday night, causing four deaths and seven injuries.
Lt-Colonel Chuchart Utthisin, inspector of Muang Kalasin Police Station, said the accident happened at about 8pm in front of a PTT petrol station in tambon Loob.
Chuchart said Ming Ubolkhet, 64, the driver of the sedan, Sompong Namon, 71 and Ruangsak Khamhirat, 50, both passengers in the car, were killed. Another car passenger, Boonthom Thaweechote, 73, died at a hospital.
The van was driven by Somchai Premproi, 34. He and his six passengers were injured.
Witnesses told police that the occupants of the car, who were returning from a funeral in Uon Thani province, stopped to buy meat at a roadside stall.
They said when the car left the store it inexplicably drove down the wrong side of the road.
The van driver said the car suddenly went into his lane at the intersection, resulting in the head-on crash.
The Muang Kalasin Police Station chief, Colonel Chaiyaporn Pongsak, said police will investigate to find who was at fault.