Taiwanese Songkran reveller falls from Chiang Rai hotel

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CHIANG RAI -- A Taiwanese man fell three floors to his death from a hotel balcony in Muang district on Thursday after an hours-long Songkran drinking spree.

Win Kwang Yao, 56, who arrived Thailand to celebrate the Thai New Year with a group of 20 compatriots, was found at the ground level of a hotel building by a staff member at about 6am, Thairath Online reported.

Muang Chiang Rai police investigator Padungkij Kijchanapaiboon said Thanyapat Hataikongpan, 24, a guide at Licader Tiur Co, took Yao and the other Taiwanese tourists from Chiang Mai to check in at the hotel on Wednesday 10pm.

According to Ms Thanyapat, Yao and his roommate, Huang Ming Gin, 56, had started drinking beer when the group left Chiang Mai. After check-in, the two bought two cases of beers into their room.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/933405/taiwanese-songkran-reveller-falls-from-chiang-rai-hotel

Day 2 of “Songkran’s Seven Dangerous Days” 116 Dead, 981 Injured
BANGKOK – The centre for the prevention and reduction of road accidents of the Department of Public Disasters Prevention and Mitigation said today that yesterday, 64 were killed and 550 injured in 520 road accidents.

A total of 116 people died and 981 have been injured in two days of the Songkran safety drive campaign in which a total of 907 cases were reported.

Chiang Mai topped the highest incidence of road accidents with 19 cases, and Phichit topped highest death toll of six yesterday.

Chiang Mai had the highest accumulated incidents of 45 accidents, while Buriram recorded the highest deaths of eight in two days.

The main causes of the accidents is drunk driving, which accounted for 36.35% of the 520 accidents, and speeding, 33.46%.

http://www.chiangraitimes.com/day-2-of-songkrans-seven-dangerous-days-116-dead-981-injured.html

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