One injured, two killed in Chon Buri car crash
Two passengers were hurled out of a car and killed while the driver was injured in an accident in Chon Buri this morning, which police say was caused by drunk driving.
The Saen Sook police station was alerted at 4am of the fatal accident on the Sai Mitr Samphan road in Moo 6 village of Tambon Ban Peek in Chon Buri's Muang district.
Sarayut Aksornklun, 35, and Thevarit Manitboonkung, 35, were thrown through the windshield and died instantly.
The driver, Nattapol Sinlalai, 34, was found intoxicated behind the wheel.
He told police that he and the two friends were returning home after drinking at a pub near Bang Saen Beach but he had lost control at a bend in the road and hit a power pole.
He will be charged with drunk driving causing deaths after he has received treatment at a hospital.
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