Five killed in ‘migrant truck’ accident

Tak: Five people, four of them suspected to be illegal job seekers from Myanmar, were killed, and a dozen others were injured when a pickup truck they were travelling in was hit by a six-wheeled delivery truck in Muang district early yesterday morning.

Rescuers rushed to the Thang Luang Tak intersection on Phahon Yothin Road after the crash occurred at about 4am and retrieved the bodies of four Myanmar men and the pickup truck driver.

Twelve other Myanmar nationals, including four women, were injured. They were rushed to a local hospital.

Police have not yet…