george Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 13 teachers killed in road accident in Chiang Mai CHIANG MAI: -- A chartered bus taking teachers from Chanthaburi to Doi Inthanon Mount plunged into a roadside pond, killing 13 of them and injuring several others. Police said the accident occurred at 9:30 am on a road in Tambon Pamiang of Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district. Police said the bus was climbing the mountainous road and lost control at a curve and overturned before plunging into the pond. The 13 teachers died inside the bus. The injured teachers were rushed on helicopters to nearby hospitals. The bus was charted to take teaches from eight schools in Chan Thaburi for a field trip in Chiang Rai and the bus left Chiang Rai at 7 am to take teachers to tour Doi Inthanon. -- The Nation 2007-01-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 A sad accident. How come they were not in school teaching instead of galivanting around on field trips? No mention of any pupils being involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Sad indeed. Those roads up around there are infamous. So are the bus drivers,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 bus was climbing the mountainous road and lost control at a curve From what was shown on tv, I can't see how he could have lost control unless the driver was speeding. As usual, further news report will show the bus driver was driving carelessly. Congrats for keeping up the avareage one fatal bus wreck a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) Channel 11 Newsline just reported a revised death toll that has moved up to 22 with 26 injured. Edited January 19, 2007 by sriracha john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KireB Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 RIP And yet again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patex Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 A sad accident.How come they were not in school teaching instead of galivanting around on field trips? No mention of any pupils being involved. Gallivanting?? We had just the "Teachers-day" and many schools are doing an excursion arround this time... what's wrong with that?? I've heard that 21 people were killed, not only teachers, also familymembers... No pupils being involved? Perhaps not in the accident but try to think about a school who just lost 13 teachers by a tragic accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkha Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Get on a bus in Thailand whether teacher or not and your life is in the hands of the driver.. REQUIEM IN PACE...Dukkha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 We had just the "Teachers-day" and many schools are doing an excursion arround this time... what's wrong with that?? You mean a Baker Day..........? I guess you work in a British curriculum school. These were Thai teachers. Excursions are fine, if you take the pupils with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Water Palace Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 "Per ardua ad astra. Just because I am a moderator does not mean that the views I express are necessarily those of ThaiVisa." I hope not, and think unlikely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mai Krap Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Another very unfortunate accident. From the wording it sounds like they might have drowned if the bus crashed into water, anyone know about that? I cant imagine some kind of speedy hellicopter rescue as mentioned, "Rushed". Ambulances and First Aid/Responder in general here is just horrible, there are some great docters and hospitals if you can live long enough to get there, this plays a major role in the high death counts on highway accidents. Im completely over riding buses here and have been for some time, At least the trains are somwhat limeted to slower speeds and fewer high impact collisions by the shaky old tracks and small numbers of them on the rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharknes Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Another very unfortunate accident. From the wording it sounds like they might have drowned if the bus crashed into water, anyone know about that? I cant imagine some kind of speedy hellicopter rescue as mentioned, "Rushed". Ambulances and First Aid/Responder in general here is just horrible, there are some great docters and hospitals if you can live long enough to get there, this plays a major role in the high death counts on highway accidents. Im completely over riding buses here and have been for some time, At least the trains are somwhat limeted to slower speeds and fewer high impact collisions by the shaky old tracks and small numbers of them on the rails. perhaps special advanced driving courses might be in order for bus drivers, very sad indeed I do my visa runs on my bike because I just don't trust the drivers..............they take risks I wouldn't take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 17 killed in bus crash The wreck of a tour bus which carried teachers from Chanthaburi, following an accident which killed 17 of its passengers in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district yesterday. BP 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. Additional disturbing, yet all to common, news continued here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/20Jan2007_news04.php ------------------------------------------------------------------ to Tony: sounds like they were going down the mountain, not up. to Mai Krap: although they plunged into a river, doesn't seem that any of them drowned. The horrendous way they did die is in the article. to All: the Chiang Mai hospital treating the survivors is urgently asking for blood donations of O and A groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 See also this thread in the CM Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaigene2 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 We had just the "Teachers-day" and many schools are doing an excursion arround this time... what's wrong with that?? You mean a Baker Day..........? I guess you work in a British curriculum school. These were Thai teachers. Excursions are fine, if you take the pupils with you. No, Tuesday 16th was indeed a Thai school holiday - Teacher's Day - a day off - at least in the Thai school where my kids attend. I remember because I thought it was kind stupid to have it on a Tuesday..rather than Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustwannateach Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 It's quite common for teachers to have seminar groups or conference activities once a year or so away from the school- kind of a working retreat. Nothing suspicious or untoward about it at all. I've been on a number of them myself. This news just makes me worried about riding those tour buses!!! You do a lot of that as a teacher, both with students and without. "Steven" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 That the teachers were / were not on some field trip or whatever is hardly the bleeding point is it? That some numb-nuts here have implied that it was somehow their own faults for being driven to their deaths by some cretin driver is unforgivable. And pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 How come they were not in school teaching instead of galivanting around on field trips? That is truly a sad comment, you are a real gem of a person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLah Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Did the driver run away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gongchime Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I once took a bus from Bangkok to Hua Hin. At one point the driver barely kept it from going off to the side. Driving as fast as possible up to the edge of control even after that happened. We got air and were flying!!! Moronic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 As I understand it, the driver was injured, so he couldn't flee the accident. I always worry about these things. Once we had a group of teachers who needed to make a visa run to get their non-immigrant B visas. They arranged with a van driver to take all of them. I put a stop to it. I didn't want them all going either at the same time or on the same transport. Knowing how people drive here and that it is a long journey--to Malaysia, I thought it was too risky. They were all angry, but at least they all eventually made it back. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. My condolences to the family, friends, loved ones and students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 That the teachers were / were not on some field trip or whatever is hardly the bleeding point is it? That some numb-nuts here have implied that it was somehow their own faults for being driven to their deaths by some cretin driver is unforgivable. And pathetic. Quoted for truth. To all here who rush to judgement: Please take a moment to mourn the innocent instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rai! Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 This is truely very sad. They said on the Thai news that the brakes failed. I guess we will never know whether they failed due to speeding or not.. Sad for everyone involved RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 That the teachers were / were not on some field trip or whatever is hardly the bleeding point is it? That some numb-nuts here have implied that it was somehow their own faults for being driven to their deaths by some cretin driver is unforgivable. And pathetic. Quoted for truth. To all here who rush to judgement: Please take a moment to mourn the innocent instead. And another moment to slap all bus drivers to reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwr Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 A shame anyone died, but as long as they did, it's too bad it wasn't a bus full of Cheing Mai taxi drviers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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