Long-running roadwork in Naklua claimed another accident victim with a motorcyclist impaling his leg after he crashed into a hole in the road.
The driver, identified only as Thanin, was driving a motorbike after dark when he drove into ditch near Lan Po Market. A steel bar pierced his leg and paramedics had to cut him free before taking him to a nearby hospital.
The roadworks, running for a year and now overdue for completion, have been a source of accidents and misery from residents and drivers, who complain that contractors continually fail to adequately light and fence off their work sites.