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Twelve dead after bus, truck crash head-on in Thailand
Dec 31, 2011, 10:33 GMT
Bangkok - A head-on collision Saturday between a tour bus and a pickup truck in north-eastern Thailand killed 12 people and left 15 others injured, according to media reports.
The accident occurred in Nang Rong district of Buri Ram province, about 300 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, The Nation online news reported.
Police found 12 bodies in a ditch where the bus and pickup truck had overturned after the crash.
Thailand's highways generally report a higher carnage rate during the New Year's holidays, as millions of Thais leave Bangkok to return to their homes in the provinces and the well-to-do head for the beaches or hillside resorts.
From Thursday to Friday, some 94 people had died and another 1,051 were injured in 955 road accidents nationwide, the Road Safety Centre announced Saturday.
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