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Bangkok Post
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Passenger killed, 15 injured in van crash

Rescuers extract the injured passengers from the crashed van, which hit a roadside tree in Ayutthaya's Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district early on Wednesday. (Photo: rescue worker Mai Phaniadluang Facebook)

A woman passenger was killed and 15 others injured when a van taking them from Nakhon Phanom to Bangkok hit a roadside tree in Ayutthaya province early on Wednesday.

The accident happened as the vehicle approached an intersection. It was reported to police about 5am.

Police and emergency services found a passenger van had crashed into a tree. The front and part of the roof had caved in under the impact, and bags were scattered over the road.

All the passengers were trapped inside the van. Rescuers cut open the vehicle to get them out. A woman sitting in the front passenger seat was dead, and 15 others sustained injuries.

Police said the van veered off the road and onto a footpath, hitting a traffic sign post and then a roadside tree. Its left rear tyre was found to have burst.

Police did not say what happened to the driver.

According to posts on social media, the driver fled the scene.

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