Pickup Truck Tyre Blowout Causes Crash with Student Vehicle

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Fourteen students, members of a school volleyball team, were injured, two seriously, in a traffic crash on the evening of 9 July after a pickup truck suffered a tyre blowout and crashed into a school vehicle in Mueang Loei district.

The incident occurred at approximately 18:20 near the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) on Maliwan Road in Na Pong sub-district. Emergency services including police, rescue volunteers from the Sawangkiritham Foundation and the Ruamjai Rescue Association responded promptly to the scene.

A school songthaew (modified pickup with seating) from Tessaban 2 Bung Sai School was found overturned onto its side at the roadside. The vehicle had been transporting student volleyball players and their coach back to Wang Saphung after competing in a school sports event in downtown Loei. Nearby, a pickup truck fully loaded with bananas and showing clear signs of a rear tyre blowout was also at the scene.

Initial investigations revealed that the school vehicle had been travelling in the far-left lane when the pickup truck, driven by a man identified as Mr Witthawat in the right lane, experienced a rear tyre explosion. The truck swerved out of control and struck the student transport vehicle, causing it to overturn.

A total of 14 students sustained injuries, with two in serious condition. All the injured were rushed to Loei Hospital and Wang Saphung Hospital for immediate treatment.

The driver of the school vehicle, Mr Piyarach Sukpue, who also serves as the team coach, is cooperating with authorities. Police have launched a formal investigation and confirmed that appropriate legal action will be taken pending further enquiries.

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-07-10