Seven people were killed and five others severely injured when their pick-up car slammed into a Bangkok road guardrail early Thursday morning.
The accident took place in the early morning on the inbound Kanchanapisek Road in Bangkok's Bang Bon district, local media group The Nation reported on its website.
Witnesses told police that the pick-up driven by a Chairat Kingkaew, 30, who was injured, tried to overtake a truck but it lost control and hit into the guardrail before hitting a tree on the roadside.
Police said four people died at the scene and three more died at a hospital. The pick-up was carrying 12 people and had left a fuel station where they were drinking.
A friend of Chairat said a total of 16 people were drinking on the back of the pick-up in a fuel station until they were asked to leave. Four of them rode motorcycles after the pick-up and escaped the accident.
Source: Xinhua
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