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5 buffaloes hit, killed by lorry

The front of a lorry is seen damaged after it hit a herd of buffalo, killing five including the one by the vehicle. (Photo: Manit Sanubboon)

PRACHIN BURI: A six-wheel lorry taking workers to an industrial estate ploughed into a herd of buffalo on a road in Si Mahaphot district on Sunday morning, killing five of them, police said.

The accident occurred at about 5.40am on a rural road near Moo 6 village in tambon Nong Phrong, Pol Lt Pongpol Kanngan, a duty officer at Si Mahaphot police station said.

Police went to the spot to investigate.

They found five buffaloes, all female and one of them only two months old, lying dead at different spots – some on the road and others on the roadside.

The front section of the lorry was badly damaged.

Thiti Sriprasert, 53, the lorry driver, told the police he was driving to…

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