Bus With Russian Tourists Crashes In Thailand, Injuries Reported

[Buchholz]

Bus with Russian tourists crashes in Thailand, injuries reported

A bus with Russian tourists overturned near the Thai resort city of Pattaya, the Russian embassy in Bangkok said on Sunday.

"At about 6:00 a.m. Moscow time [2:00 GMT] a bus which set off from Pattaya on a two-day trip to the Kanchanaburi province flipped over some 20 km from Pattaya. We were informed by a tourist company which organized the trip," the head of the consular department of the Russian embassy in Thailand said.

No deaths were reported, but from six to eight tourists are said to be injured. They have been rushed to city hospitals. "This is preliminary information. Nothing is known about the cause of the accident," Andrei Dvornikov said. "The bus apparently failed to negotiate a turn, drove into a ditch and flipped to its right side.

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RIA Novosti (Russia) - October 3, 2010

[Buchholz]

At least 20 people injured as bus with Russian tourists crashes in Thailand

About 20 Russian tourists were injured after their bus overturned near the Thai resort city of Pattaya, the Russian embassy in Bangkok said on Sunday.

The bus, which set off from Pattaya on a two-day trip to the Kanchanaburi province flipped over some 20 km from Pattaya at about 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday.

"Out of 42 people who were in the bus, about 20 people received injuries and bruises. They were delivered from the accident site to two hospitals in Pattaya.

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RIA Novosti (Russia) - October 3, 2010

[rubin]

Presume the Thai tourist company has to pay compensation to the injured. How could the bus fell from the even straight road? Was the driver drunk?