Truck overturns, baby killed
published : 28 Oct 2020 at 10:51
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Manit Sanubboon
PRACHIN BURI: A two-month-old child was killed when a truck overturned and went up in flames on Wednesday.
The driver and his wife, the baby's parents, were seriously injured.
The accident occurred about 12.30am while the trailer truck was on a winding downhill section on Highway 304 in a mountainous area.
Police, rescuers and a fire engine rushed to the scene They helped the driver and his wife out of the burning vehicle. Both were seriously injured. Their baby, about two months old, was found dead in the truck's cabin.
The fire was put out in about 10 minutes.
Police were investigating the cause of the accident.
Vocabulary
- cabin: the area where passengers sit in an aircraft - ห้องคนโดยสารในเครื่องบิน
- mountainous: having a lot of mountains -
- rescuers (noun): people who save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
- trailer: a truck, or a container with wheels, that is pulled by another vehicle - รถพ่วง
- truck: a lorry; a large road vehicle used for carrying goods - รถบรรทุก
- winding: having a curving and twisting shape - เลี้ยวลด, อ้อมไปอ้อมมา, คดไปคดมา
