The wrecked van, seen at the Bang Pa-in police station in Ayutthaya province on Friday. Charun Aksonsri explained that he had slept only four hours before starting work that day, Pol Col Sa-nga Theerasaranyanont, deputy chief of Ayutthaya police, said on Friday. According to Pol Col Sa-nga, Mr Charun said he went to sleep at midnight on Tuesday, and got up at 4am Wednesday. Pol Col Sa-nga said that Yoshio and Katsuhiko were both doctors with practices in Japan. The van driver had exceeded the 80kph speed limit set for the vehicle, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 10, 2017 09:45 UTC