BANGKOK: Eleven people, including two children, burned to death in a passenger van crash in central Thailand over the Lunar New Year holiday, police said today.
Traffic accidents are common in the kingdom, which has a notorious road safety record, particularly The van carrying 12 people was travelling from northeastern Amnat Charoen province to Bangkok when it veered off the highway in central Nakhon Ratchasima province Saturday night, said police colonel Yingyos Poldej.Yingyos told AFP that one man had been able to climb out a window, but the other passengers were trapped and died in the blaze.
” “I started kicking the windows and managed to crawl through a small hole,” he said.“Soon after that, the van exploded.” Nikhom Seaun, a volunteer with a local rescue team, said the van exploded just seconds after it was engulfed in flames. “It took less than 30 seconds for the fire to consume the whole van,” he said. “I couldn’t do anything with the fire extinguisher I had. The van then exploded three to four times.
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