The grim statistics on ambulance crashes in Thailand worsened on Friday night when a patient was badly injured in a horrific late-night crash.
An ambulance smashed into the back of a truck in Lom Sak district in the northern part of Phetchabun province, northern Thailand, close to midnight on Friday.
The patient, who was being rushed from Khao Kho Hospital in Phetchabun to Lomsak Hospital in the same province was badly injured.
Racing toward Lomsak Hospital, the emergency vehicle suddenly rammed into the rear end of a six-wheel truck at Nam Chun intersection around 11pm, according to police who were quickly on the scene.
As in so many ambulance crashes in Thailand, a nurse who was accompanying the patient on the journey was also hurt in the accident.
The front end of the ambulance was very badly damaged, and the vehicle will almost certainly be written off.
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