Songran poll

**dirtydog** · 15-04-2006, 01:34 PM

Sonkran death toll rises to 343

The number of those killed in road accidents during the last seven days up to Thursday rose to 343, caretaker Interior Minister Sermsak Pongpanit said Friday.

On Thursday alone, which was the official Songkran day, 89 people were killed in road accidents across the country, Sermsak said.

He said a total of 3,736 accidents happened during the past seven days and a total of 4,199 people were injured.

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**dirtydog** · 15-04-2006, 06:43 PM

Songkran death toll rises to 393

The death toll from road accidents during the past eight days of a long Songkran holidays rise to 393, the Interior Ministry reports.

Anucha Mokkhawes, director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said as of Friday a total of 4,435 accidents occurred during the past eight days, resulting in 393 deaths and 4,979 injuries.

On Friday alone, 699 accidents happened and 50 people were killed.

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**RDN** · 15-04-2006, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

[B][COLOR=#0435b5]Songkran death toll rises to 393...

6 more than I guessed

. But still more to come, I'm afraid. The question is: how many more deaths were there over Songkran compared to a "normal" 8 day period?

**thailand4240** · 16-04-2006, 09:23 AM

439 for me

**dirtydog** · 17-04-2006, 12:23 PM

Songkran death toll tops at 476

The death toll from road accidents during the ten-day watch out period related to Songkran holidays topped at 476, caretaker Interior Minister Kongsak Wantana said Monday.

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hmmm, songkran dont finish till the 21st round these parts

On Sunday, the last day of the ten-day watch out period, 386 road accidents occurred and 35 people killed, raising the death toll to 476, he said.

Kongsak said 5,327 road accidents happened during the ten-day period and 5,985 people were injured.

**dirtydog** · 17-04-2006, 12:25 PM

Briton held over acid attack

A Norwegian tourist and a Thai boy were yesterday injured by mild acid shot at them from a water gun by a foreign man near the Hard Rock Hotel in Pattaya in Chon Buri province.

Police later arrested British man John Mascer Nicholas, who denied jetting water at both victims but the father of the boy positively identified the suspect. There is no information available to confirm whether Nicholas was the attacker seen running into the hotel after squirting the dangerous liquid.

Both victims had red and itchy rashes on their bodies but are now in a safe condition.

The boy's father said the suspect was with two Western women

and merged into a large crowd. The suspect then shot water from a
high-powered gun at the boy, 10, and Herwint Scoopler, 32, the father said.

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**ozman** · 17-04-2006, 12:54 PM

And the donkeys in Govt. here get their knickers in a twist over 20 ppl dying over an Easter break, they obviously don't check these stats.

**Marmite the Dog** · 17-04-2006, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Songkran death toll tops at 476

The death toll from road accidents during the ten-day watch out period related to Songkran holidays topped at 476, caretaker Interior Minister Kongsak Wantana said Monday.

the nation

hmmm, songkran dont finish till the 21st round these parts

On Sunday, the last day of the ten-day watch out period, 386 road accidents occurred and 35 people killed, raising the death toll to 476, he said.

Kongsak said 5,327 road accidents happened during the ten-day period and 5,985 people were injured.

So who's the winner then?

**Goddess of Whatever** · 17-04-2006, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by bangkokbob

480 I would say.

It seems "bangkokbob" is the winner.

**dirtydog** · 19-04-2006, 02:36 PM

No,NO NO, it's still songkran, more can still die

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Tuesday 18th April 2006

The Songkran Festival arrives in Naklua, some fighting but mostly a fun day.
The 18th April is the official day for Sonkgran in the Naklua area. Our journalists were in the thick of the action and sacrificed their clean and dry cloths to bring you these pictures. As you can see, the roads were jammed and both Thais and Foreigners joined together to enjoy the Songkran Festivities. There were a few incidents where young Thai men became over-excited and decided that a punch-up should be included in their Songkran celebrations. One fight that we witnessed was particularly violent with two men receiving serious head wounds. They were taken away by rescue workers. The regulations pertaining to the use of water firing tubes were ignored and Police officers were few and far between and were unable to keep much control over their use. Despite the small pockets of fighting, the majority of people thoroughly enjoyed the day and everyone is now looking forward to the chaotic scenes moving a few hundred meters down the road to Pattaya on 19th.

**RDN** · 19-04-2006, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

....the majority of people thoroughly enjoyed the day and everyone is now looking forward to the chaotic scenes moving a few hundred meters down the road to Pattaya on 19th. [/SIZE][/FONT]

Oh, that's all right then - as long as the majority thoroughly enjoyed themselves who cares about 500 dead people, cowardly moron bastards spraying acid, etc, etc.

Can't wait to find out what happened in Pattaya!! I bet there'll be some old scores settled there!

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