Three German tourists killed in road accident
Published on Jan 23 , 2006


Chon Buri - Three German tourists were killed and another severely injured after their van crashed into the back of a trailer, police said.
Police said the accident took place at about 11 am on the Bangkok-based motorway at the Kilometre marker 77 in Chon Buri's Muang district.
The drive of the van was identified as Suthep Chiangklang, 44, who died at the scene.
Police said the slain tourists were a man, a woman and a boy. Another German woman was also severely injured. She was rushed to the Chon Buri provincial hospital. Police said Suthep was transporting the tourists from Pattaya to Bangkok and he might fall asleep and at crashed into the back of the trailer at high speed as the road did not show any trace of the van's brakes being put on.


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