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The number of road accidents saw a sharp increase on the third of the “Seven Dangerous Days” of Songkran this year, as more people were found to be driving under the influence of alcohol besides being guilty of speeding.

Three people were killed and one injured when an ambulance driving at speed, lost control, crashed into a resident’s home fence, also toppling a power pole in Phayao province.

A 59-year-old monk making his alms rounds was struck and killed by a speeding pickup truck in Chumphon on Wednesday morning.

A mother in Nakhon Ratchasima broke down and collapsed after seeing her daughter hit and killed by a speeding pickup while crossing a road to catch a bus on Tuesday morning.

A TOTAL of 378 lives were lost and 3,575 people were injured in road crashes during the first six days (April 11 to 16) of the Songkran holiday period’s seven-day monitoring period.

A senior policeman suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a pickup driven by elderly man while setting up a roadblock to cordon off the scene of a previous accident in Chaiyaphum’s Muang district on Sunday night.

A Khon Kaen nurse, who was arrested by police for a speeding violation, found she was in double trouble when a check revealed that the second-hand Toyota Vios she was driving was a stolen vehicle with fake licence plates.

Most accidents blamed on speeding, drunk driving; offenders may be asked to do public service.

THE MERCEDES-BENZ driven by Jenpop Weeraporn was running at about 215-257 kilometres per hour when it rear-ended another sedan and caused the deaths of two postgraduate students in Ayutthaya province on March 13, deputy national police chief General Pongs