Dhaka: A Thai diplomat, travelling with the
visiting Thailand Princess Maha Chakri Sirin's convoy, was
on Thursday killed in a road accident, officials said.
55-year-old Pannee Likanajule, a councillor at the Thai
embassy here, was critically injured when a pickup van
collided head on with the car she was travelling in central
Tangail district, they said.
"The patient suffered internal haemorrhages from the
accident," a spokesman of the Combined Military Hospital in
Dhaka cantonment said.
She was initially treated at a local facility but later
was rushed to Dhaka for better treatment.
Police said the accident took place this afternoon on the
Dhaka-Tangail highway when Princess was returning to Dhaka
from northeastern Gaibandha.
The princess, who was travelling in another car, escaped
the accident unhurt along with others in the convoy. She is
visiting Bangladesh as part of a US research team from the
Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 21:06