BANGKOK, April 16 – Thailand’s holiday death toll reached 253 in road accidents throughout the country through the first five days of the Songkran holidays April 11-17, according to the Road Safety Centre of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

Cumulative road accidents through Sunday reached 2,581 with 2,751 persons injured.

On Sunday alone, there were 447 road accidents, killing 43 people and injuring 463 others.

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