Thaksin's counsin, Chaiyasit, injured in road accident
Chiang Rai - Former supreme commander Gen Chaiyasit Shinawatra suffered a broken leg after his car plunged into a roadside ditch Tuesday, police siad.
The accident happened on the mountainous road in Chiang Rai's Wiengpapao district, next to Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district at 11:10 am.
His driver and an aide were safe.
Chaiyasit, a counsin of former prime minister
Thaksin Shinawatra, was airlifted by a helicopter to the King Mongkut Hospital in Bangkok.
The Nation