A student and a car driver died and about 40 other students were injured late Friday night, when a bus, taking the students on a study trip, was in a collision with a car in Sawankhalok district of Sukhothai province.

 

The district police said that the tour bus was returning from Chon Buri carrying more than 40 students from Ban Nong Haen School in Sukhothai when the collision happened in Ban Nong Wongwian in Pak Nam sub-district.

 

The force of the impact sent the bus into a roadside ditch.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/two-killed-40-students-injured-in-road-accident-in-sukhothai-province/

 

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Question: how many students on the bus? How many seats on the bus? I had a big bust up with a school irector that I was a teacher at over a bus which was carrying a hundred student back from a summer camp all to save him money!!!

12 minutes ago, BritScot said:

Question: how many students on the bus? How many seats on the bus?

Probably irrelevant to be honest - it would be I.Q. and alcohol level of the person in the car hitting it that mattered

Just another day on Thai roads.

Again another report of a serious accident involving a Coach and another vehicle, details so sketchy one uses he imagination to wonder why a car hitting a bus would force the bus into a ditch.

RIP to the deceased and that the POLICE whle invstigating come to the truth about the accident, although sadly that hope is somewhat dimmed.

I hope the students are all ok .... 

8 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I hope the students are all ok .... 

A few were hospitalized and most are ok.

My nephew, a trained local EMS junior here in Sukhothai, was at the seen for quite a while. 

Driver died instantly and passenger died in transit.

35 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Probably irrelevant to be honest - it would be I.Q. and alcohol level of the person in the car hitting it that mattered

Bus was in collision with a car. That does not specify who was at fault. Could be either one or even both. The state of drivers of both vehicles and operational safety of both vehicles needs to be investigated as well as driver history. 

There may be other contributing factors to the collision. For example, the bus was returning late at night, likely on unlit roads. Why? Wouldn't driving during daylight hours be safer, especially with so many students?

Was there a decision to transport students late at night instead of an overnight lodging for the students whose safety is surely more valuable than such cost?

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The force of the impact sent the bus into a roadside ditch

That's a clue,  high speed truck hits coach IMO. 

Doubt if there's a follow up anyway. 

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Just another day on Thai roads.

You can't really spend more words on it.

21 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

That's a clue,  high speed truck hits coach IMO. 

Doubt if there's a follow up anyway. 

There never is any such investigate follow ups.

SOP.

On 3/19/2023 at 10:39 PM, BritScot said:

Question: how many students on the bus? How many seats on the bus? I had a big bust up with a school irector that I was a teacher at over a bus which was carrying a hundred student back from a summer camp all to save him money!!!

Hope you weren’t teaching English language  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

1 hour ago, zzaa09 said:

There never is any such investigate follow ups.

SOP.

Well very rarely for sure the Red Bull case was that solved. 

There's so much social news on Aseannow lately with no follow up that makes many posts not worth reading most of the time. 

7 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Hope you weren’t teaching English language  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yes I was along with computer science, science and physical education.  I also know the difference from chatting on a forum and producing lesson plans, preparing and teaching lessons. Boy oh boy you must be a hoot in company. 

Lack of enforcement keeps Thailands mileage death rate at the highest of all countries.....sad for everyone.  RiP poor student who will never grow up and become what he/she dreamed of becoming.....the RTP should all be sacked and new officers willing to do the job without corruption and actually working by stopping vehicles being driven badly, being driven on the wrong side of the road, without lights on and driven by impaired drivers would be heros in this country and in my view.

On 3/20/2023 at 6:41 AM, Srikcir said:

Was there a decision to transport students late at night instead of an overnight lodging for the students whose safety is surely more valuable than such cost?

Fraid not , Money first , safety way down the list in all walks of society here . Sad isn't it.