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Loud! Tour bus crashes into the back of a trailer Driver and employee died Passenger seriously injured

Chumphon, Sanan! Tour bus Bangkok-Ranong Hit the back of a truck Passengers injured As for the tour bus driver and receptionist Was raped and died on the spot. This incident happened around 10 p.m. on Phetkasem Road. On arrival in Bangkok, in the area of ??Tha Sae District, Chumphon Province, police and rescue workers inspected the scene. It was found that air-conditioned tour buses run between Bangkok-Ranong. The front was completely destroyed. Inside the car, the bodies of Mr. Thanakorn, the driver and the female receptionist were found. He was crushed to death in the driver's seat and the driver's side seat. Rescuers had to use a cutting machine to cut parts of the car and bring out the two bodies. As for the 24 passengers riding on the tour bus Most of them had broken arms and legs. and bruises from the impact Rescue kits help provide first aid. before being transported to Chumphon Hospital Thonburi Hospital and Tha Sae Hospital while the 22-wheel truck that was rear-ended and parked completely still in the right lane In the middle of the U-turn point Because the rear axle assembly fell off. The driver told police that Went to transport a truck full of cut rubber wood, size 1.20 meters, from Kra Buri District and prepared to drive to Trang Province to send the wood to the processing factory. Along the way, drive in the left lane all the time. Until reaching the scene of the incident It is necessary to stop to fill up gas on the southbound side. So turned on the right turn signal for more than 500 meters and turned right to prepare to make a U-turn. But the moment I parked and waited for the car on the other side to be free. A loud crash was heard from the back of the car. Along with the whole car shaking. Before that there was the sound of two more car crashes in a row. When I went down to look, I saw that a tour bus had hit the back so hard that the rear axle assembly had come loose from the chassis. and the load of wood fell from the back of the truck. The road surface is covered with oil. The driver w as crushed and stuck in the wreckage. In addition, a pickup truck swerved to avoid the accident in time and crashed into the back of a tour bus, causing another two vehicles to be completely destroyed. Source: Thai News Agency