French tourists injured in bus accident in Chiang Rai

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French tourists injured in bus accident in Chiang Rai

By Thai PBS

 

Picture Thai Rath

 

Twenty-five French tourists and one Thai guide were injured with 4-5 of them in serious condition after a tour bus in which they were travelling overturned on a secondary road in Mae Lao district of Chiang Rai province on Tuesday.

 

Rescue workers said that most of the tourists sustained bruises and were discharged after given first-aid treatment at Mae Lao district hospital.

 

The accident took place in Ban Huey Sarn Yao in Tambon Dong Mada, Mae Lao district as the tour bus was travelling from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/french-tourists-injured-bus-accident-chiang-rai/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-07-18

[Vacuum]

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he did not accelerate the speed

Obviously it was high enough....

[tracker1]

A crackdown on mini and tourist busses Hmmm another unsuccessfull achievment by the one and only !

[sanemax]

8 minutes ago, tracker1 said:

A crackdown on mini and tourist busses Hmmm another unsuccessfull achievment by the one and only !

Honestly , did you expect him to stop buses crashing ?

[tracker1]

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

Honestly , did you expect him to stop buses crashing ?

I didn't say I did but he did !!!!

[sanemax]

1 minute ago, tracker1 said:

I didn't say I did but he did !!!!

He stated that there would be  "crackdown" , which there has been .

He didnt suggest that he would stop buses from crashing .

Seatbelts MUST be worn now , could be that the tourists wearing seat belts under the crackdown saved them from serious injury

[electric]

Don't know that it's worth overthinking this story.

 

The driver has admitted he lost control on a slippery corner, which meant he was travelling too quick for the conditions. So, driver error.

 

He may have only been doing 50 kmph, but it only takes that extra 1 kmph.  Anyway .... upside down in a ditch.

 

Thought it was amusing that the PBS story highlighted the fact that the driver waited at the crash site for police to arrive.

 

 

 

 

[KhunBENQ]

5 hours ago, electric said:

He may have only been doing 50 kmph, but it only takes that extra 1 kmph.  Anyway .... upside down in a ditch.

Unfortunately the pics are not clear enough to judge on the state of the tires.

 

[Grusa]

 

7 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Unfortunately the pics are not clear enough to judge on the state of the tires.

 

The tyres are pixelated. This is clearly the cause of the accident.

[tingtongtourist]

12 hours ago, electric said:

Don't know that it's worth overthinking this story.

 

The driver has admitted he lost control on a slippery corner, which meant he was travelling too quick for the conditions. So, driver error.

 

He may have only been doing 50 kmph, but it only takes that extra 1 kmph.  Anyway .... upside down in a ditch.

 

Thought it was amusing that the PBS story highlighted the fact that the driver waited at the crash site for police to arrive.

 

 

 

 

maybe the French tourists convince him to surrender to police?

;0)

[MekkOne]

23 hours ago, sanemax said:

Seatbelts MUST be worn now

who's checking if you're doing it or not?

[sanemax]

5 hours ago, MekkOne said:

who's checking if you're doing it or not?

The stewardesses/attendants / water givers 

[kevvy]

Not far from my house , there are some tricky curves there , and if he has gone down this road before he would have known.When they get down the road another 4 klm the road straightens out , and they go like a bat out of hell, see it all the time ,as we live on the main road.