A bus with faulty brakes caused a massive pile-up involving 14 vehicles on Rama II Road, resulting in numerous injuries. The crash occurred at 8am today.

 

The incident led to severe traffic congestion as the damaged vehicles blocked all four lanes of the road.

 

Upon arriving at the accident scene, officers from Bang Mod Police Station observed several damaged vehicles scattered across the road, causing a total blockade.

 

Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation hurried to provide first aid to the 18 injured victims before transporting them to nearby hospitals. The authorities had to temporarily close Rama II Road, leading to a build-up of traffic.

 

According to 59 year old Boonmee, the bus driver of route 558, which was the cause of the accident, he tried to brake the bus when he reached the accident site, but the brakes failed. Consequently, the bus rammed into the parked vehicles, resulting in damages and multiple injuries.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Image screenshot from FM91 Trafficpro, Twitter

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-09-26

 

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So we had 14 sets of faulty brakes?

According to the news, he fell asleep, was lying about brake failure, company paying for all damage and medical treatment.