In a tragic incident yesterday, five Thai nationals died in a severe road accident in Luang Namtha province, Laos. The group was en route to China and intended to pass through Laos to catch a train.
As reported by Kanyawarat Jullasat, the deputy chief of the Chiang Khong border immigration office, the tragedy took place in the town of Boten near the Chinese border. Just after midnight, a tour group of 20 people, travelling in two minibuses, collided with a lorry on the R3A Road that connects the Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai to Boten.
Conflicting reports place the scene of the crash somewhere between the town of Boten or somewhat closer to the Thai border, with some reporting saying the road accident occurred about a hundred kilometres from the Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship…
