Tak: Five people, four of them suspected to be illegal job seekers from Myanmar, were killed, and a dozen others were injured when a pickup truck they were travelling in was hit by a six-wheeled delivery truck in Muang district early yesterday morning.
Rescuers rushed to the Thang Luang Tak intersection on Phahon Yothin Road after the crash occurred at about 4am and retrieved the bodies of four Myanmar men and the pickup truck driver.
Twelve other Myanmar nationals, including four women, were injured. They were rushed to a local hospital.
Police have not yet identified most of the dead and injured victims, but they are suspected to be illegal border crossers seeking work in Thailand.
According to police investigators, they travelled in a Kamphaeng Phet-registered pickup truck heading to Chon Buri.
Jaturong Ploypradab, 26, driver of the six-wheeler, told police he was hired to transport steel storage units from Phitsanulok to Tak.
He said that he did not see the traffic light when he was reaching the intersection and rammed the pickup while it was making a turn ahead.