Korean tourists among 12 hurt in three-vehicle crash
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Korean tourists among 12 hurt in three-vehicle crash

A van transporting South Korean tourists to Bangkok rolls on its side after a crash with a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Bang Na-Trat Road in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao on Monday. (Photo from @ChachoengsaoRescueAssociationClub Facebook account)
A van transporting South Korean tourists to Bangkok rolls on its side after a crash with a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Bang Na-Trat Road in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao on Monday. (Photo from @ChachoengsaoRescueAssociationClub Facebook account)

Eight Korean tourists were among 12 people injured in a crash that involved three vehicles and killed the driver of their passenger van on Monday.

A rescue unit in Chachoengsao reported the accident on the inbound section of Bang Na-Trat Road in Bang Pakong district of the province about 11.47am. It involved a van, pickup truck and a motorcycle.

Pol Lt Col Boonsarit Chuchuay, duty officer at Bang Prakong, told Thairath online that eight visitors from South Korea travelling the van were seriously injured and were taken to Churarat 11 Hospital.

The van driver, Sangworn Chancharoen, died in the accident.

The four other injured people were the motorcyclist and three people travelling in the pickup truck, including driver Sanon Pholchai, he said.

Mr Sanon told police that he was making a U-turn and his pickup was hit by the van. The van driver then lost control, collided with a motorcycle and finally came to a halt after the vehicle rolled over onto its side.

It was not known where the van driver had picked up his passengers or where they were going to. 

Police were investigating.

Passengers' baggage lies on the road after this van hit a pickup and motorcycle and then overturned, seriously injuring eight South Korean tourists, on the Bang Na-Trat Road in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao on Monday. The driver was killed and the motorcyclist and three people travelling in the pickup injured. (Photo from @ChachoengsaoRescueAssociationClub Facebook account)

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