Phuket mini-van driver, passenger injured when driver rear-ends parked bus

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The driver of the minivan slammed into the bus parked outside a 7-Eleven on Thepkrassattri Rd in Koh Kaew. Photo: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

PHUKET: -- The driver of a mini-van and one of his passengers sustained serious injuries today when the driver rear-ended a parked tour bus in Koh Kaew.

 

Lt Sakon Krainara of the Phuket City Police received a report of an accident in front of the Koh Kaew branch of 7-Eleven on Thepkrassattri Rd (northbound) from a local resident at 1am.

 

Lt Sakon arrived at the scene with Kusoldharm rescue workers and medical staff from Mission Phuket Hospital to find a Phuket-registered white Toyota mini-van crashed into the back of a Phuket-registered tour bus belonging to the Phuket Nakhon Service.

 

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“At this stage we believe the van driver fell asleep at the wheel. However we will investigate the incident,” Lt Sakon said.

 

You think fell asleep ?  The minibus tour operators should make sure that their drivers get enough time off to sleep - and not to go out to drink with friends. Oh I dream on ... 

I can't really tell if the bus driver is parked on the road or off the road, but I'd say 90% of the buses I see parked are either partially in the road or parked in the slow lane ( of course van drivers and lazy motorists also park this way).

Yeah is quite easy to miss a 100ft x 11ft x 18ft White tour bus right in front of your direction of travel... At least he never done a runner!

Sorry for the passenger. 

That's all.