Bangkok bus crashes into roadside trees, injuring 24

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Bangkok bus crashes into roadside trees, injuring 24
By Coconuts Bangkok


The bus landed on the roadside near Baan Tha Rae of Mahasarakham province. Photo: MCOT

MAHASARAKHAM: -- A bus traveling from Bangkok's Mo Chit Terminal to crashed into trees on the roadside in Mahasarakham province early this morning, injuring 24 people.

Eight people, including the driver, were seriously injured while the rest sustained minor injuries. They were rescued and taken to hospital.
Police believe the driver dozed off at the wheel.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/12/15/bangkok-bus-crashes-roadside-trees-injuring-24

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-12-15

[condo bought]

Time for passengers of Thai buses to be given airbag body suits and helmets.

Surprised that the trees weren't blamed, to be honest.

[mcfish]

When he recovers enough he will suddenly remember the headlights of a car blinded him...

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[robertthebruce]

It was the ''Buses'' fault....

[Searat7]

At least they didn't call it a tourist bus this time.....seems this is almost a weekly event. Overnight bus rides are very dangerous here.

[jaltsc]

Time for passengers of Thai buses to be given airbag body suits and helmets.

Surprised that the trees weren't blamed, to be honest.

The official report from the bus company isn't in yet.

[Emster23]

Seat for driver clearly at fault: much to comfortable. Install electric zappers that fire every 10 minutes or so to keep them awake. Problem solved

[Lupatria]

Look mum! No break failure!

[aussiesteve63]

Local news is saying he hit a power pole not trees, in the scheme of things a bit irrelevant as people got hurt. Different news different views I think

[DrTuner]

Note to self: avoid night buses. I'll add that to the list of avoiding all public transportation 24/7, as well as not travelling in anything but an armored hummer with full battle gear on.

[MESmith]

I was a little worried at first, that 24 that trees had been hurt. What a relief when I read the full post

[MESmith]

Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark?

[DrTuner]

Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark?

Biking for Dad. All the rage these days.

[Rocceao]

He was steering with his feet, while, watching the crazy thai soap on the bus TV, and smoking a bucket at the same time.

Edited December 15, 2015 by Rocceao

[Rocceao]

Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark?

He was the crash test dummy

[JAG]

Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark?

If he was first on the scene, he had one hell of a set of bike lights!

[JAG]

At least they didn't call it a tourist bus this time.....seems this is almost a weekly event. Overnight bus rides are very dangerous here.

I'm not so sure - I'm no statistician, but are they that dangerous when you look at the sheer number of long distance overnight buses here?

[sawadee1947]

probably the bus driver was looking for a tree to pee at.....

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

At least they didn't call it a tourist bus this time.....seems this is almost a weekly event. Overnight bus rides are very dangerous here.

I'm not so sure - I'm no statistician, but are they that dangerous when you look at the sheer number of long distance overnight buses here?

I can't say there's any scientific, statistical analysis here, because we don't have access to the data.

But I can say, from reading dozens and dozens of Thai bus crash news reports over the years, that these kinds of crashes involving inter-city buses most commonly seem to occur in the general hours between say midnight and 7 am or so.

Not a great surprise there, considering the common crash factors of drivers falling asleep at the wheel, making mistakes due to fatigue and overwork, drunken drivers on the roads during those hours, darkness and poorly lit roads, etc etc.

Edited December 15, 2015 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Usual Suspect]

Wonder if the passengers 4 rows behind the driver once seated at Mo-chit realised they were sat above the gas cylinders..?..!