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Bus plunge leaves 17 dead - Coffee Break - 01-20-2007 07:28 AM

ACCIDENT / TEACHERS KILLED ON STUDY TOUR

Bus plunge leaves 17 dead

Chiang Mai _ Seventeen people were killed and 33 injured in a road accident after a tour bus, taking teachers from Chanthaburi province on a study tour, took a bend too fast and plunged into a river in this northern province's Doi Saket district yesterday. Thirteen of the teachers were killed on the spot, while the other four died on the way to hospital.


The bus, owned by the Thikhamporn tour company, was taking the teachers from the Nongthakong Phitthayakarn school in Chanthaburi's Pong Nam Ron district to Chiang Mai and was travelling on Highway No 118 when the accident took place.

They were returning from a field trip in Chiang Rai.

Police believe the driver, Kamron Bunrat, 48, was not familiar with the curves.

The driver must have taken the sharp bend too quickly and that probably made him lose control of the vehicle, police said.

The bus skidded off the road and rolled into the Kuang river below near Pang Fan village in tambon Pamiang.

The roof of the bus was torn open and passengers on the upper deck of the double-decker were thrown out. The driver was detained for questioning.

Chiang Mai's Maharaj hospital has asked for urgent blood donations of A and O groups, which are currently in short supply.

Bangkok Post