A rescue volunteer inspects damaged vehicles on the motorway in Phan Thong district of Chon Buri on Friday. (Photo from @js100radio Twitter account)A four-vehicle accident on the motorway in Chon Buri killed eight people and injured seven others on Friday evening, traffic radio reported. Jor Sor 100 radio quoted a report from the Ariyo Centre, a volunteer rescue unit, as saying the accident took place on the Bangkok-bound expressway in Bang Pakong in Phan Thong district around 6pm. It involved a trailer, a lorry, a pickup truck and an SUV, it added. Police have not given details but Thairath Online said an 18-wheel truck slammed into three other vehicles parking by the roadside at kilometre marker 57.

Source: Bangkok Post June 01, 2018 14:26 UTC