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Six killed, 12 injured in highway crash

Twenty illegal Myanmar migrants caught on Wang Madua-Thammi road at Ban Hup Phai in tambon Huay Sai in Muang district, Prachuap Khiri Khan, on Tuesday night. (Photo: Chaiwat Satyaem)

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Six illegal Myanmar migrants were killed and 12 injured when the pickup they were travelling in crashed into the median divider fence on Phetkasem highway in Muang district early on Wednesday.

Five of the injured were reported to be in serious condition. 

Pol Lt Col Suthep Jamikorn, duty investigator at Khlong Wan, said the accident occurred  about 3am near kilometer marker 316+800 on the Bangkok-bound side of Phetkasem highway, near Nam Khao village in tambon Khlong Wan.

The black Chevrolet pickup crashed into the metal fence on the median strip of the highway.

The impact threw the passengers onto the…

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