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New year accidents claim 74 lives on Wednesday
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published : 31 Dec 2020 at 20:32
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Seventy-four people died and 576 others were injured in 586 road accidents in the kingdom on Wednesday, the Road Safety Directing Centre reported on Thursday.
Suphat Champathong, permanent-secretary of education, told a press conference Nakhon Ratchasima had the highest figures with five deaths and 32 people injured in 26 accidents.
The period of Dec 29–Jan 4 is dubbed the New Year s Seven Dangerous Days , and a total of 1,000 accidents have been recorded for the first two days with 117 deaths and 1,014 people injured.
There has been no traffic accident in 26 provinces so far, Mr Suphat said.