Truck carrying migrant workers crashes while fleeing Thai police; at least 20 injured


BANGKOK: In a dramatic incident on Thursday (Feb 26) in Kanchanaburi, a town in western Thailand, more than 20 people were injured after a truck carrying 44 Myanmar migrants overturned while fleeing a police chase.

According to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Highway Police Division, officers initially spotted a suspicious white Mitsubishi Triton pickup truck without a proper rear number plate and with a counterfeit front plate in Sai Yok district.

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