Many tourists hurt as bus slams into SUV at toll booth near Pattaya
A BUS carrying 37 Russian tourists to Pattaya lost control and rear-ended a sport utility vehicle at Pong toll booth this evening (Jan. 2) leading to 27 of the holidaymakers being injured, Amarin TV said. The bus suddenly changed lanes and crashed into a Toyota Fortuner SUV causing severe damage to both vehicles. Local […]
Read MoreGas leak at inferno bus confirmed : Education panel
THE Office of Basic Education said today (Oct. 3) it has been confirmed gas leaked at the front of the bus that caught fire killing 23 schoolchildren and teachers while travelling on a field trip last Monday, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwpaen, the head of the commission, however said it has […]
Read MoreSocial media mourns heroic boy who died trying to save friends from burning bus
EVEN AS Thai netizens joined the whole country in mourning the tragic death of 23 mainly kindergarten and primary schoolchildren and teachers in a bus that caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit road while on a field trip on Monday (Oct. 1), a special focus is on an heroic young boy who had managed to […]
Read MoreInferno bus in use for 54 years
THE BUS that caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit road leading to the tragic death of 23 mainly kindergarten and primary schoolchildren and teachers had been in use for 54 years with the engine switched from Isuzu to Benz at a later date, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 2). This bus, the second of […]
Read More25 schoolchildren, teachers die in bus blaze
AS MANY AS 25 schoolchildren and teachers died after their bus caught fire in front of the National Memorial on Vibhavadi Rangsit road at 12.25 p.m. today (Oct. 1) with 19 others who escaped being rushed to hospital, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. This bus, the second of a convoy of three, […]
Read MoreAll posters promoting gambling websites disappear as police move in
BEFORE POLICE arrived to investigate online gambling websites having without let or fear mounted a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city, all the drivers of large and small four-wheel buses plus tuk-tuks had already removed the posters, Naewna newspaper said late last night (Mar. 23). Pol. Lt. Col. Chantarit Laophairojcharee, deputy chief for […]
Read More2 dead, many injured in double-decker tour bus accident
A DOUBLE-DECKER tour bus heading for Bangkok from Bueng Kan hit a pillar and overturned in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in the wee hours of this morning (Mar. 19) killing two persons and injuring 43 others, Matichon newspaper said. At 2.10 a.m. police at Pho Klang station, city district, were alerted of the accident in […]
Read MoreMost Bangkokians would prefer old bus numbers: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST BANGKOKIANS WOULD prefer all public buses plying the capital city use the old numbers which they have already remembered and find the new ones quite confusing, says the latest NIDA Poll. According to the NIDA Poll recently conducted among a total of 708 Bangkokians who regularly commute on city […]
Read MoreNearly 40 Thai, foreign tourists injured as Pattaya-bound bus hit trailer-truck
AS MANY AS 38 Thai and foreign tourists got injured after their Pattaya-bound bus slammed into a 22-wheel trailer-truck on the Motorway this afternoon (Feb. 5) with the latter vehicle overturning and blocking three lanes, TV Channel 7 said. A Highway Police team together with Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers rushed to the scene of the […]
Read More2 dead, many tourists injured as bus plunges off a bridge in Samut Prakan
TWO people died and 18 others, mostly tourists, got injured after a bus fell off a bridge in Samut Prakan this evening (Feb. 3), Matichon newspaper said. Ruamkatanyu Foundation volunteers and ambulances quickly reached the bridge over Ka Long canal at 200 Pi road, Preng subdistrict, Bang Bo district, and rushed to take the […]
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