One killed, 3 injured in bizarre accident

A cabbie was killed and three others injured yesterday in a chain reaction of accidents at Bangkok's Pasi Charoen area.

Around 6am, a taxi brushed a motorcycle and injured the bike rider, when a pickup speeding towards them swung to the left lane to avoid the scene. However, as the road surface was covered with soil and rocks, which had spilled from a truck passing through the previous night, the pickup overturned. A taxi that was closely tailing the pickup tried to avoid the scene but crashed into a power pole, instantly killing the cabbie, Boonsenf Singsi, 39, while his passenger was wounded.