Motorway accident kills 8, injures 7

Motorway accident kills 8, injures 7

A rescue volunteer inspects damaged vehicles on the motorway in Phan Thong district of Chon Buri on Friday. (Photo from @js100radio Twitter account)
A rescue volunteer inspects damaged vehicles on the motorway in Phan Thong district of Chon Buri on Friday. (Photo from @js100radio Twitter account)

A four-vehicle accident on the motorway in Chon Buri killed eight people and injured seven others on Friday evening, traffic radio reported.

Jor Sor 100 radio quoted a report from the Ariyo Centre, a volunteer rescue unit, as saying the accident took place on the Bangkok-bound expressway in Bang Pakong in Phan Thong district around 6pm. It involved a trailer, a lorry, a pickup truck and an SUV, it added.

Police have not given details but Thairath Online said an 18-wheel truck slammed into three other vehicles parking by the roadside at kilometre marker 57.

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