13 killed in Ayutthaya boat accident
AYUTTHAYA - At least 13 people are dead and many more are missing after a boat on a Muslim religious trip collided with a concrete flood barrier in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district on Sunday afternoon.
The accident occurred at 4pm as a large two-deck boat carrying 150 passengers was travelling along the Chao Phraya River. It hit a concrete flood barrier which acts as part of a pier near Wat Sanam Chai in tambon Ban Pom, causing the boat to capsize, Ayutthaya disaster responders said.