Indian man killed in Buri Ram crash

Indian man killed in Buri Ram crash

A rescue worker tries to retrieve the bodies of dead and injured men from a Toyota that ran off a road and struck a tree on a curve Nong Hong district of Buri Ram on Saturday, killing one Indian man and injuring two compatriots. (Photo by Surachai Piragsa)
A rescue worker tries to retrieve the bodies of dead and injured men from a Toyota that ran off a road and struck a tree on a curve Nong Hong district of Buri Ram on Saturday, killing one Indian man and injuring two compatriots. (Photo by Surachai Piragsa)

BURI RAM: An Indian man was killed and two others hurt after the car they were travelling in ran off a slippery road on a curve and struck a tree in Nong Hong district on Saturday.

The accident occurred between kilometre makers 58 and 59 on the Soeng Sang-Lam Plai Mat Road in tambon Huay Hin, said Pol Capt Khachornsak Bucharam, a duty officer at the Nong Hong police station.

Police and rescue workers found a Toyota SUV with a Nakhon Ratchasima licence plate resting against a roadside tree. One man was found dead inside the vehicle and two other men were hurt. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.

The dead man was identified as the 28-year-old driver. The inured were aged 32 and 22. Names were being withheld pending notification of their families. All were Indian nationals, said police.

A police investigation found that the car was travelling from Lam Plai Mat to Nong Ki district of Buri Ram. The driver failed to negotiate the curve, causing the car to skid off the road and hit the tree. The road was slippery as it had been raining. 

Police said the foreign driver might not have been familiar with the route. They are investigating further to find the cause of the crash.

Rescue workes arrive at the scene of the crash on a curve road in Nong Hong district, Buri Ram. (Photo by Surachai Piragsa)

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