THE GRAVE RISKS OF UNDERRIDING. TWO DIE IN LPG TRUCK
CRASH INFERNO IN THAILAND AS MOTHER/CHILD BURN TO DEAD WHEN THEIR CAR
REAR-ENDED THE LPG TRUCK
NAKHON PATHOM — A mother and her five-year-old child died in an inferno when a
truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) they were travelling in crashed
into the rear of a 10-wheel truck in Muang district on Monday.
The accident occurred on Malaiman Road near the
provincial bus terminal about 1.30am. The LPG truck’s driver was injured in the
collision and was taken to hospital. The woman and the child, the driver's
family, were reportedly trapped in the vehicle as it caught fire and then
exploded. Their identities and the cause of the fatal crash were not known.
Police closed both inbound and outbound access to the accident scene.
