A DOUBLE-DECKER tour bus heading for Bangkok from Bueng Kan hit a pillar and overturned in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in the wee hours of this morning (Mar. 19) killing two persons and injuring 43 others, Matichon newspaper said.

 

At 2.10 a.m. police at Pho Klang station, city district, were alerted of the accident in front of Cherdchai Industry Garage and rushed there.

 

Between kilometre markers 143-144 of Highway 2, or Mittraphap road, outbound from the city, police saw that a first-class air-conditioned double-decker bus belonged to Lotus Phibun Tour Co. Lt. had flipped to one side after slamming into a pillar with an overhead road sign attached.

 

Many injured passengers within the large vehicle were crying for help with Hook 31 rescue unit finally transporting 43 of them, 20 men and 23 women, to Maharat, Bangkok, St. Mary’s and Por Phaet 2 hospitals.

 

by TNR Staff

TOP picture: Scenes of the tour bus crash in Nakhon Ratchasima early this morning, Mar. 19, 2024. Photo: Matichon

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-03-19

 

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the wheels on the bus go round and round.....

Becoming a daily occurrence!

Correct link to whole article (as of now, it might get changed again?): https://thainewsroom.com/2024/03/19/2-dead-many-injured-in-double-decker-tour-bus-accident/

Luckily the air-con unit seems to be undamaged.

4 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Correct link to whole article (as of now, it might get changed again?): https://thainewsroom.com/2024/03/19/2-dead-many-injured-in-double-decker-tour-bus-accident/

What did the sign say, 'Beware of pillar'

6 hours ago, stoner said:

the wheels on the bus go round and round.....

Not any more....

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Many injured passengers within the large vehicle were crying for help with Hook 31 rescue unit finally transporting 43 of them, 20 men and 23 women, to Maharat, Bangkok, St. Mary’s and Por Phaet 2 hospitals.

And so it continues.... image of Thailand is almost like the movie "The Killing Fields" 

6 hours ago, stoner said:

the wheels on the bus go round and round.....

The wheels on the bus go screech screech screech

6 hours ago, stoner said:

the wheels on the bus go round and round.....

Not until it finishes its nap

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

Luckily the air-con unit seems to be undamaged.

i was concerned for the pole, so  much suffering here for them. I wouldnt want to be a pole by a road.

41 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

And so it continues.... image of Thailand is almost like the movie "The Killing Fields" 

That movie was partly made in Hua Hin so you are not totally wrong.

43 injured "crying for help", with two dead already, and people still wanting to jump on here and say something 'funny'.. What is wrong with you people??

2 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

i was concerned for the pole, so  much suffering here for them. I wouldnt want to be a pole by a road.

Especially not if you were listening to Wagner

1 hour ago, foxboy said:

43 injured "crying for help", with two dead already, and people still wanting to jump on here and say something 'funny'.. What is wrong with you people??

 

i came to this country 20 years ago. nothing has changed in regards to thai or their driving or the madness that happens on the roads here.

 

NOTHING !!

 

after seeing the same headline over and over it becomes a parody of itself. 

 

 

Any sensible country would apply strict vehicle safety inspections, limit driver hours, enhance driver training and licensing, design safer roads and enforce all the rules. They would also hold highly accountable the corporation and their executives or insurers. But not Thailand. So sad for the unnecessary loss of life and suffering. Life is way too cheap here and some on this forum think it funny. Clearly they haven't suffered personal tragedy of a loved one or head of the family. Shame.

 

4 hours ago, Martin71 said:

Not any more....

Give it a week for repairs.

18 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

Any sensible country would apply strict vehicle safety inspections, limit driver hours, enhance driver training and licensing, design safer roads and enforce all the rules. But not Thailand. So sad for the unnecessary loss of life and suffering. Life is way too cheap here and some on this forum think it funny. Clearly they haven't suffered personal tragedy of a loved one or head of the family. Shame.

 

Chasing foreigners seems to be more important now.

Just now, brianthainess said:

Give it a week for repairs.

Repairs... Nah.. bit of t-cut and a can of spray paint... good as new..

2 hours ago, foxboy said:

43 injured "crying for help", with two dead already, and people still wanting to jump on here and say something 'funny'.. What is wrong with you people??

I think we have become immune from the constant careenage on the roads. 

31 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

i came to this country 20 years ago. nothing has changed in regards to thai or their driving or the madness that happens on the roads here.

 

NOTHING !!

 

after seeing the same headline over and over it becomes a parody of itself. 

 

 

I disagree it has got worse by the minute.

Why I get trains

2 hours ago, foxboy said:

43 injured "crying for help", with two dead already, and people still wanting to jump on here and say something 'funny'.. What is wrong with you people??

 

It's gallows humour.

3 hours ago, foxboy said:

43 injured "crying for help", with two dead already, and people still wanting to jump on here and say something 'funny'.. What is wrong with you people??

theres no point bleating on about rip to all those concerned ( who you dont know, will never  meet etc) is there, wise up THAIS dont give a <deleted>e about this, if  they did it  wouldnt  be happening, which is why I treat it with the contempt it deserves.

NFT.   Normal For Thailand.

2 hours ago, stoner said:

 

i came to this country 20 years ago. nothing has changed in regards to thai or their driving or the madness that happens on the roads here.

 

NOTHING !!

 

after seeing the same headline over and over it becomes a parody of itself. 

 

 

Never a truer word spoken. How can a person learn when they don't see anything wrong in how they behave? They'll be countless excuses for this  and no ounce of responsibility and so it goes on and on and on...

4 hours ago, foxboy said:

43 injured "crying for help", with two dead already, and people still wanting to jump on here and say something 'funny'.. What is wrong with you people??

 

Thai's treat road safety as a joke.. why can't we...

2 hours ago, stoner said:

after seeing the same headline over and over it becomes a parody of itself. 

 

Along with the stupid childish comments that inevitably accompany them.

1 minute ago, Moonlover said:

Along with the stupid childish comments that inevitably accompany them.

 

chicken and the egg right. 

1 minute ago, stoner said:

3 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Along with the stupid childish comments that inevitably accompany them.

 

 

1 minute ago, stoner said:

 

chicken and the egg right. 

Yes, with a similar number of brain cells. What a sad lot you are.