3 year old Thai boy killed and 11 others injured in Phang Nga bus accident
A three year old Thai boy lost his life in a coach bus accident that also injured 11 others in the southern province of Phang Nga.
Officers from Takua Thung Police Station were alerted to the accident on Phetchakasem Road in the Takua Thung district at around 6pm, yesterday, February 20. Upon investigation, they found the overturned coach on the left side of the road.
The rear of the bus collided with an electricity pole at the roadside, and its windscreen was shattered. Rescuers rushed all 11 injured victims to Phang Nga Hospital. Two of them were in critical condition, including the three year old boy, who sadly succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
According to a report by Siamrath, the bus departed from Phuket and was heading to Phatthalung province. Heavy rain at the time of the incident caused the road to become slippery, leading the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
The police have not yet pressed any charges against the driver. Further questioning of the driver and passengers is expected to take place soon.
In a similarly tragic road accident reported in January, a six year old Thai girl was fatally struck by a car while running across the road in Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok, on January 14.
Two weeks earlier, seven people, including two year old twins, lost their lives in an accident in the southern province of Surat Thani.
In that incident, a pickup driver was suspected of falling asleep at the wheel and crashing the vehicle into a roadside tree.
Another young boy tragically lost his life in a road accident in the Isaan province of Buriram in December last year.
The boy had been flying a kite in a sugarcane plantation when a Thai man driving a combine harvester passed by on a nearby road.
The driver claimed he believed the boy was aware of the vehicle and continued driving slowly. He suspected the boy, focused on his kite, ran towards the tractor, resulting in the fatal accident.
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