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Just a few moment after the rush hour in the capital of Thailand, Hundreads of people were in a hurry just to get to work or whatever destination in time. Some chose private transportation or taxis and some chose public transportation like buses, sky train or subway. Only 5 months of officially opening on 12th of August, 2004 and very few days since the government by PM Thaksin Shinawatra made a decision to drop the subway fare to 10 baht for 3 stations and 15 baht for more than 3 stations, moreover it is the first day after the school break for Thailand's University Games, Thailand's First Subway Crashed.
The first time I heard about this was from the radio when I was about to leave my house for a job interview. The announcer almost laughed, she said with a very insecure voice. I'm sure she thought how would this thing possibly happens. Anyway, half an hour later my eldest sister called me to ask if I was in the accident or not (she thought that it was the sky train accident) luckily I just took the bus and was buying a bottle of VitaMilk, my favourite soya milk. Isn't she nice calling me? Yes, she is.
Anyway, I'm alright and guess everyone I know is alright too. But a friend of a friend got head injured and lost his memory. He couldn't remember his brother who was with him on the same train too. Hope that it will be just temporarily. Here is the article from AP via Yahoo! news of the accident
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