Two-day Songkran death toll in Thailand exceeds last year’s

With 101 deaths, the cumulative road toll in the first two days of the Songkran holiday period remained higher than the same period last year, despite fewer road accidents, Road Safety Centre reported yesterday.

Apart from the 101 deaths, 838 people were also injured in 791 road accidents, according to the centre’s record between Thursday and Friday, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Interior Panadda Diskul told a press conference.

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