5 die as pickup loses control on Doi Inthanon
Highways Department vehicle unable to navigate sharp downhill curve
CHIANG MAI: Five people died after their pickup truck overturned while it was taking a sharp curve on the road down from Doi Inthanon on Friday.
Witthaya Chainan, chief of the Chom Thong highway office, said the Highways Department vehicle lost control while it was descending from the top of the country’s highest mountain and entering the curve.
All of the passengers in the cabin and those riding on the bed were thrown out to the road and five of them died, the…