MAE HONG SON — January 7, 2026, Authorities have warned motorists to exercise extreme caution as thick winter fog blankets parts of northern Thailand, after a pickup truck plunged into a ravine in Mae Hong Son province, killing two people and injuring two others.
Police in Pang Mapha were alerted to the accident at about 6:30 a.m. Dec. 6, 2026. A pickup truck carrying local residents from Ban Pang Bon village, Moo 3, in Na Pu Pom subdistrict, was travelling to nearby farmland when it veered off a steep, curved road and fell into a ravine.
Those killed at the scene were identified as Somjai Chotiwechanukul, 67, of Moo 3 in Na Pu Pom subdistrict, Pang Mapha district, and Jalorng Kongnathi. Two others, a male driver and a female passenger, were injured and taken to Pang Mapha Hospital.
Investigators, rescue workers and emergency medical teams examined the scene and found a grey-black Toyota pickup truck with Mae Hong Son registration plates lying off the roadside, its front end badly damaged.
Maj. Gen. Songkrit Ontakhrai, commander of Mae Hong Son provincial police, warned road users on Tuesday to drive carefully as temperatures drop and heavy fog covers large areas of the province. He said visibility is particularly poor from early morning to late morning, in some places reduced to less than 200 metres.
