Medical Faculty Minibus Crashes into Lamp Post in Suphan Buri, Driver Critically Injured

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A crash occurred late morning on 29 May, when a minibus driver, carrying medical students from Ramathibodi Hospital’s Faculty of Medicine lost control and crashed into a central reservation lamp post outside the Suphan Buri Provincial Administration Organisation.

The incident, reported at approximately 11.30, prompted an immediate response from local police and emergency services. Police Lieutenant Anchisa Satitsolot of Mueang Suphan Buri Police Station, along with a rescue team, rushed to the scene.

The vehicle involved, a silver Toyota minibus registered to Ramathibodi Hospital, was found severely damaged, particularly on the front-right side, after slamming into a concrete streetlight. Three individuals were trapped inside the wreckage, including the driver, who sustained critical injuries.

Emergency personnel used hydraulic cutting tools to extract the victims before providing first aid and transporting them to Chao Phraya Yommarat Hospital.

According to hospital staff, the minibus was being driven by Mr Thossaphon, who had been assigned to collect medical students completing an internship at Sriprachan Hospital. They were en route back to Bangkok when the driver suddenly veered off course, mounted the median, and crashed violently into the lamp post.

Eyewitnesses from the local Department of Highways, who were resting next to the lamp post during their lunch break, described the moment of terror. One worker recounted: “We were sitting just behind the lamp post on the median strip when the van suddenly swerved and crashed right into it. I jumped away instinctively. If that lamp post hadn’t stopped it, we might all have been killed.”

Miraculously, the group of six to seven workers escaped unharmed.

As of now, the cause of the crash remains unclear. The driver, due to his injuries, has yet to provide a statement. Police have launched an investigation and are in the process of collecting evidence and witness testimonies to determine the exact circumstances leading up to the collision.

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khomchadluek 2025-05-30.