Nine injured in Phuket bus plunge

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Thai and 7 international travelers stranded after a bus slams into a steep road.

PUBLISHED: 1 Feb 2025 at 16: 46

A tour bus lies in the bushes after skidding off a hilly road heading to Patong beach in Phuket on Saturday afternoon. Nine people, seven of them foreign tourists, were hurt. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
After skidding off a steep path leading to Patong shore in Phuket on Saturday evening, a tour bus is stranded in the trees in the middle of nowhere. Nine persons, seven of them overseas visitors, were hurt. ( Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran )

PHUKET: Nine folks, including seven immigrants, were injured when a tour bus plunged 20 feet down a valley from a path heading to Patong shore on Saturday evening.

The event happened on Karon hills in tambon Karon of Muang area, said Pol Col Khunnadet Na Nongkhai, commander of Karon policeman, who was alerted at about 1pm.

The pilot admitted to telling authorities that the vehicle was going from Kata Beach to Patong when he lost power of the curve and skidded off the road for about 20 meters.

Nine people were hurt in the fall, five males and four women, as a result of the army. They were four Taiwanese, two Russians, a German and a Thai lady and the Thai vehicle. Four of them were sent to Patong Hospital.

As the officers research raged on, rescue personnel were preparing to get the vehicle.

Rescue workers prepare to take injured tourists to Patong Hospital in Phuket. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

Rescue personnel and medical staff arrive in Phuket’s Patong Hospital to transport injured visitors there. ( Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran )