SA KAEO, Aug 19 (TNA) – A fatal road accident killed 12
people, mostly Lao migrant workers, in Sa Kaeo province Sunday morning.
A passenger van was wrecked after it hit an 18-wheel lorry
in Wang Sombun district of the eastern province at around 4 am on Sunday
morning, police said.
Eleven Lao nationals and the Thai van driver were killed and
three others injured in the crash on a road in front of Wang Sombun district
office.
Police believed the driver’s lack of route experience or
dizziness might be the cause of the deadly accident which occurred on road
construction zone. They are still
investigating to establish the cause of the accident, including GPS data from
the van.
The driver of the van identified as Sansern Jirathongkhan
was first sent to a hospital before pronounced dead.
The driver of the lorry is among three people injured in the
crash.(TNA)
