Horror car crash claims ninth fatality
Janjira Simkratok, 22, a student of Public Health faculty succumbed to injuries on Thursday after being in a coma at Vipavadi Hospital following the tragedy on Monday.
The tragedy took place on Monday night when a white Honda Civic rammed the back of a minivan on Tollway above Vibhavadi Rangsit road, sending it crashing into a streetlight pole on the inbound elevated tollway.
The eight victims were flung out from a five-metre height.
Some of the bodies of the victims, who were flung out of the van by the impact of the crash, were seen hanging from a pedestrian flyover, while bodies were recovered from a canal adjacent to the nearby Kasetsart University.
Police said driver of the Honda Civic turned out to be a 16-year-old girl who had no driving license.
The girl whose name is withheld would face several charges, police said.
Police on Thursday said that the girl will be summoned today to acknowledge the charges. Immigration police would cooperate to prevent her from fleeing to a foreign country.
Eight people killed in the van accident
1. Pratya Khantha, 21, third-year economics student, Thammasat University
2. Sudawadi Nilwan, third-year law student, Thammasat University
3. Kiattiman Rod-aree, 23, employee, National Electronics and Computer Technology
Centre
4. Pinyo Jinanthuya,34, assistant to the dean of Thammasat University's
Faculty of Architecture and Planning.
5. Trong Sudthanakit, 24, graduate of Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
6. Ukrit Ratanachomsri,30, researcher at the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology
7. Dr Sastra Chaothiang,33, scientist at the National Science and Technology Development Agency
8. Naruemon Pitathanang, 38, the van's driver
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