People enjoy splashing water in Muang district of Phitsanulok on Songkran Day on Thursday. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)
Road accidents during the Songkran long holiday have claimed 114 lives and injured 1,064 people nationwide, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
Boontham Lertsukheekasem, director-general of the department, said on Friday that from Tuesday to Thursday there were 1,055 traffic accidents in which 114 people were killed and 1,064 others were injured.
The most accidents (38) happened in the northern province of Chiang Mai. Bangkok recorded the highest death toll, nine, and Chiang Mai and the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat had the highest number of injured people at 40 each, Mr…
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