webfact Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 17 injured in bus crash in Mahasarakham By The Nation An air-conditioned bus from Bangkok crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that was changing lane for a u-turn in Mahasarakham, injuring 17 people early Thursday. Police said the accident happened at 1am on the Mahasarakham-Borabua Road in front of a PTT petrol station in Ban Nong Chik village in Tambon Kaeng Ling Jan of Mueang district. Four of the passengers had severe injuries. The 32-seat coach of Nakhonchai Air Co was transporting passengers to Mukdahan when the accident happened. Accident witness Kosit Laosuwan told police that the trailer was taking away a bulldozer that had completed work in front of the petrol station. Kosit, a foreman of a tap water pipe laying project, said the trailer was hit when it was moving into the right-hand lane to make a u-turn. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327285 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Those bloody U-turns and careless crawlers changing lane without taking care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 34 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: Those bloody U-turns and careless crawlers changing lane without taking care. And almost always these nasty accidents are at night. One reason I won't take night buses any more! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 24 minutes ago, craigt3365 said: And almost always these nasty accidents are at night. One reason I won't take night buses any more! LOL Same here. In fact I will no longer take long bus trips. Just short ones (2 or 3 hours) when needed. I stick to planes and trains for long trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 .....Never take a night bus in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 nobody dead??? they are losing their edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 6 hours ago, webfact said: An air-conditioned bus Trying to read where that makes any difference to the story, unless driver was trying to turn it up and did not see what was in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 3 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Quote Trying to read where that makes any difference to the story, unless driver was trying to turn it up and did not see what was in front of him. Reporter probably paid by number of words or lines..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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