Eight injured after Korat bus leaves road, overturns

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The driver and seven passengers were injured when an air-conditioned bus fell into a ditch in the middle of a road and flipped over in Nakhon Ratchasima early on Wednesday.

 

The driver of the Bangkok-Si Sa Ket bus, Somyos Thammawat, 41, was severely injured in the crash.

 

Police said the accident happened at 3.35am on highway No 24 near the Ban Nong Waeng intersection in Tambon Nong Tako, Sung None district.

 

The injured passengers told police that the bus swayed before it fell into the ditch and overturned.

 

Police believe the drive dozed off behind the wheel.

 

The injured were taken to the district hospital.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30356594

 

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They should put an alarm on everyone’s neck, if you doze

The driver of the Bangkok-Si Sa Ket bus, Somyos Thammawat, 41, was severely injured in the crash.

 

Tough, maybe the crash will knock some sense into him

Some sections of Highway 24 are in a parlous state due to road works with appalling lack of visible warning signage so that at night and in rain only fools would venture out.

Does this country have the highest rate of bus accidents in the world ??

Never heard of so many bus accidents !!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

fell into a ditch

????

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Some sections of Highway 24 are in a parlous state due to road works with appalling lack of visible warning signage so that at night and in rain only fools would venture out.

No shortage of takers there!

Tachograph, relief driver - I bet not

................before it fell into a ditch.  I think the bus nodded off.

57 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Tachograph, relief driver - I bet not

Whatever are you talking about? A driver is generally good for about 4 days non stop.....with a little help from his friend...…...YB.....then he goes to sleep. 

Why did they say it was 'An Airconditioned Bus'.  Does that make a difference to if it will crash or not ?   Lol.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

an air-conditioned bus fell into a ditch in the middle of a road

What was the ditch doing in the middle of the road?

11 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Why did they say it was 'An Airconditioned Bus'.  Does that make a difference to if it will crash or not ?   Lol.

Investigative journalism, Thai style.

8 hours ago, quandow said:

What was the ditch doing in the middle of the road?

Waiting to snare a bus.