Eight killed in Chiang Mai road accident

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Eight killed in Chiang Mai road accident
The Nation 2011-06-28

A transport truck collided with a ten-wheel truck in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district Tuesday, killing eight passengers and seriously injuring three others.

The accident took place at around 7.30am on Doi SaketChiang Rai Road, after the transport truck for Wiang KalongChiang Mai route, running downhill, overtook other vehicle but could not get back to its original lane in time hence violently collided with an on-coming ten-wheel truck.

Police found four male bodies - including the ten wheel truck driver - and four female bodies scattered at the scene and rushed the three injured men including transport truck driver Nattapong Kaewsukham, 21, to Doi Saket Hospital . Their injuries were so critical that they were later transferred to better equipped Nakhon Ping and Lanna hospitals. The deceased were sent to Maharaj Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital 's forensic department for identification, as some of them didn't carry ID cards.

[nookiebear]

Just another case of 'idiotic' Thai driving by the 21year old............

[isanbirder]

In many cases the truck drivers have to keep to a schedule or lose their jobs, hence the dangerous driving.  I know that road quite well... and there are not many places where it's safe for a truck to overtake.