11 dead as accidents mar Loy Krathong
Eleven people were killed and many were injured during Loy Krathong as the festival was marred by accidents with firecrackers, brawls and road deaths.
In Phitsanulok seven villagers, including two elderly people and a four-year-old girl, were hit by a truck on the Phitsanulok-Noen Maprang road while riding a motorcycle with a sidecar to a Loy Krathong festival in Noen Maprang district, police said.
The speeding truck slammed into the rear of the motorcycle, throwing off one woman who was dragged under the truck, witnesses said.
The victim’s krathongs were found scattered around the scene.
In Surin’s Muang district, three young girls were killed in a road accident near an irrigation canal, police said.
The three were hit by a pick-up truck while riding a motorbike home from a Loy Krathong festival. Their motorbike went into the canal and the three were killed on the spot, police said.
