Death toll reaches 98 Friday
Road accidents have claimed 98 lives in the first two days of the Songkran period, Interior Minister Aree Wongsearaya said Friday.
The number of people injured during the period was 1,234."Drunk driving was responsible for 40.03 per cent of 1,067 accidents on Wednesday and Thursday. The numbertwo cause is speeding, which accounted for about 19.3 per cent of the accidents," Aree said in his capacity as chairman of the Road Safety War Room. There were 632 road accidents on Thursday alone, claiming 57 lives and leaving 720 injured. Most involved motorcycles. Officials are manning 3,251 checkpoints across the country in a bid to enforce traffic laws and enhance road safety. Checks on 1,819,299 vehicles so far have led to 38,950 people being punished for breaking traffic laws. The most common offences were failure to carry a driving licence, failure to wear a crash helmet and failure to wear a safety belt. The Nation
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