Rescue volunteers work to free a trapped driver from a lorry that hit a roadside tree in Nam Nao district in Phetchabun on Wednesday. (Photo: Sunthorn Kongwarakhom)
Drink driving and speeding are being blamed as the major causes as the tally of road accidents, injuries and deaths continues to climb through the Songkran holiday.
On Wednesday, there were 331 accidents across the country, up from 301 on Tuesday and 237 a day earlier, according to figures released on Thursday by the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.
There were 323 people injured in road accidents on Wednesday, an increase from 292 on Tuesday and 238 on Monday. But the death toll dropped to 40 from 47 on Tuesday, but was 26 on Monday.
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