Police set up a checkpoint to screen out drunk drivers in Muang district of Phitsanulok on Saturday night. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)
During the first five days of Songkran festival travel, traffic accidents killed 197 people and injured 1,738 others, according to the Interior Ministry.
Chotenarin Kerdsom, deputy permanent secretary of the Interior Ministry, said on Sunday that the casualties occurred in 1,744 accidents on roads nationwide from April 11 to 15.
During the period, the most accidents (59) happened in the northern province of Nan and the highest death toll, 15, was recorded in Bangkok. The highest number of people injured in the traffic accidents was reported in Nan, at 59 people, he said.
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