BANGKOK: A double-decker coach smashed right into a tree in southern Thailand, killing at the least 14 folks and injuring 32, police mentioned on Tuesday (Dec 5).
The long-distance bus was travelling from Bangkok to the dominion’s far south when it collided with a tree in coastal Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Monday evening.
Photos printed in native media confirmed the entrance a part of the bus cut up in two by the pressure of the crash, with the tree nonetheless wedged within the center.
“From a preliminary investigation, 14 people died and 32 people were injured,” Arnon Tangto, a police investigator in Huay Yang district in Prachuap Khiri Khan informed AFP, saying {that a} probe is underway.
He mentioned the reason for the accident has not been confirmed, however police suspect that the motive force – who was badly injured however survived – could not have had sufficient sleep.
“We are collaborating with the hospital to check his blood alcohol level,” mentioned Arnon.
The police are nonetheless investigating whether or not the useless had been all Thai.
Thailand has one of many highest highway accident charges on this planet with about 20,000 folks killed yearly, based on the World Health Organization.
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