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Motorist killed in expressway car plunge

The Nissan sedan lies upside down on the Bang Na-Trat highway after plummeting from the Burapha Withi expressway early on Wednesday morning. The driver was crushed to death. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

SAMUT PRAKAN: A motorist was crushed to death when his car plunged from the Burapha Withi (Bang Na-Chon Buri) elevated expressway onto the Bang Na-Trat highway below in the small hours of Wednesday.

The accident occurred shortly after midnight near kilometre marker 25 on the Chon Buri-bound side of the expressway, Pol Capt Supat Chanthawong, a Bang Saothong investigator, said.

The car, a Nissan Almera, crashed through the side barrier as it approached an exit to the Bang Saothong-Bang Bo tollgate, and plummeted 30 metres down to the Bang Na-Trat highway.

It landed upside down. The driver, Posawat…

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