Three Hong Kong women and their Thai driver were killed when
a van they were travelling in swerved off a highway and smashed into a tree in
central Thailand, police said on Monday.
"Four people were
killed, they are one Thai driver and three women from Hong Kong," Police
Lieutenant Sayumpho Sittikul from Cha Am police station in Petchaburi province,
told AFP.
Three more Hong Kongers,
including a 4-year-old boy, were injured in the crash which took place at
around 5pm on Sunday.
"They are not in a
critical condition," Sayumpho said, adding that the victims were heading
south to visit a relative's house in Chumphon province.
Local news pictures of
the crash site close to the seaside resort town of Hua Hin showed a silver
minivan upturned, its front end caved in.
The bodies of four
victims were laid out on stretchers at the scene, their faces covered by white
sheets.
Sayumpho said police
believed the van swerved to avoid a vehicle ahead of it and careered into a
sloping central reservation before striking a tree.
Thailand's roads are
among the world's deadliest and accidents are common.
A recent report by the
World Health Organization said Thailand saw 38.1 road deaths per 100,000 people
in 2010 -- behind only the Dominican Republic and the South Pacific island of
Niue.
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