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Six drown, one missing in pickup plunge

Motorists stop to watch after a pickup plunged into the flooded river from a collapsing bridge at Ban Non Sombun in tambon Phu Khao Thong in Narathiwat’s Sukhirin district on Sunday afternoon. Six people were confirmed drowned and one missing. (Photo: Waedao Harai)

NARATHIWAT: Six people drowned and another was missing after their pickup plunged into the river when a bridge collapsed in storm-hit Sukhirin district on Sunday afternoon.

The bridge fell as the ground at one end subsided, near Ban Non Sombun, Moo 5 village, in tambon Phu Khao Thong.

The four-door Toyota Vigo Prerunner was dumped into rapidly flowing water about 5 metres deep, the river swollen by runoff after days of continuous rain.

The pickup sank top down in the water.

Local reports said seven people were travelling in the vehicle – three…

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