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Songkran death toll rises to 158

Traffic is heavy on Mittraparb Road heading to Saraburi province as Songkran revellers return to Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: JS100 Facebook)

Forty-four people were killed and another 368 injured in road accidents across the country on Friday, the fourth of the “seven dangerous days”, raising the Songkran death toll to 158.

The number of deaths in the first four days of the holiday is down by 14 from 172 in the same four-day period last year.

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