PUBLISHED : 26 Oct 2023 at 04:00
NEWSPAPER SECTION: News
CHIANG RAI: A delivery truck overtaking another vehicle collided head-on with a school van, killing the van driver and injuring 15 students in Pa Daet district yesterday morning.
The crash occurred on a two-lane road at Mai Tai Moo 6 village in tambon Pa Daet at 7.20am, police said.
Emergency responders found the six-wheel parcel delivery truck with Bangkok plates overturned on the road.
The school van with Chiang Rai plates and a crushed front was nearby.
The driver was dead behind the wheel and trapped inside the wreckage.
Rescue workers released all the students and took the injured to a nearby hospital.