Accident Tourist Van Crashes Into Trailer in Phatthalung — Seven Injured, Two Seriously

[Georgealbert]

 

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A tourist van collided with the rear of a 22-wheel trailer truck on the Asian Highway in Pa Bon District, Phatthalung Province, on the afternoon of 18 July, leaving seven passengers injured, two of them seriously. The van driver blamed sun glare for obscuring his view.

 

Pol Lt Col Pradit Khunthong, the investigating officer at Pa Bon Police Station, responded to the scene after receiving reports of the crash on the northbound carriageway of the highway.

 

The collision involved a white Toyota van hired to transport tourists from Satun Province to Khao Chaison District. According to Mr Abdulrahman Hama 59, the trailer truck driver from Narathiwat Province, he had been driving in the left-hand lane when he suddenly heard a loud noise from the rear of his vehicle. After continuing for about 100 metres, he checked his rearview mirror and discovered the van lodged against the back of his trailer. He promptly pulled over and alerted the authorities.

 

Rescue workers found all seven passengers in the van injured, with two suffering serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Medical personnel reported that both have since been stabilised.

 

The van driver, whose name was not released, was uninjured and later taken in for questioning by police. He told investigators that intense sunlight at the time of the crash had temporarily blinded him, making it impossible to see the slow-moving trailer ahead, leading to a high-speed rear-end collision.

 

Officers from Pa Bon Police Station are continuing their investigation.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from khaosod 2025-07-20