THAILAND bus crash kills 13 children Total of 15 people die as double-decker bus taking students on daytrip collides with truck and crashes off side of road A double-decker tour bus carrying students on a school trip to the beach crashed Friday into a truck in eastern Thailand, killing 15 people and injuring more than 30 others, police said. The fatalities included 13 children, between the ages of 10 and 15, and two teachers, said police Lieutenant Colonel Anukarn Thammavijarn. The bus had been carrying about 60 girls from a school in north-eastern Nakhon Ratchasima city for a daytrip in the seaside town of Pattaya. As it drove along a downhill road in the early morning darkness it slammed into an 18-wheeler truck that was in front of it, Anukarn said, then spun around and went over the shoulder. Police were searching for the driver, who fled the scene. “We suspect there might have been a problem with the brakes, because the bus looked old,” Anukarn said. “But we’re not ruling out the possibility that the driver might have been asleep.” Another double-decker bus carrying male students from the same school was following the girls’ bus but not involved in the accident. Road accidents are common in Thailand, where safety standards are poor and road rules are rarely enforced. Last year more than 8,600 people died in accidents on Thai roads. Associated Press in Bangkok theguardian
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:10:18 +0000
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