At least 10 drown after van-trailer crash

At least 10 drown after van-trailer crash

Divers and rescue workers search for victims following a crash involving a passenger van and a trailer truck on Saturday in Tha Muang district of Kanchanaburi. (Photo taken from 123 Khondee Mee Namjai Facebook page)
Divers and rescue workers search for victims following a crash involving a passenger van and a trailer truck on Saturday in Tha Muang district of Kanchanaburi. (Photo taken from 123 Khondee Mee Namjai Facebook page)

KANCHANABURI: At least 10 people, mostly migrant workers, drowned after a 10-wheel trailer truck and a passenger van plunged into a canal following a crash in Tha Muang district around noon on Saturday.

As of 1.40pm on Saturday, eight bodies had been retrieved and four people rescued.

The fatal crash occurred at the Srasetthi intersection in tambon Ban Muang around 12.20pm when the passenger van carrying the workers collided with the trailer truck. The force of the crash threw the two vehicles and all 14 people travelling in them into a roadside canal, according to a rescue team and local  media reports.

About 100 rescue workers, divers, police officers and soldiers were on the scene searching for the victims. Eight bodies were retrieved from the canal. The dead included a pregnant woman. Four people were safely rescued and taken to a nearby hospital, said a member of the rescue team.

It was believed two people were still in the canal, believed to have drowned. The search is ongoing.

Video clip taken from 123 khondee Mee Namjai Facebook page.

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