PHUKET: A Singaporean woman was murdered and seven others, including her four compatriots, were hurt after the car the lady was driving strike a small tour coach while descending a hill in Muang district on Fri night, say law enforcement.
The particular collision was reported about 10. 50pm, said Pol Capt Charnnarong Prakhongkua, a study officer at Karon station.
Police officers, disaster prevention and mitigation authorities and rescue employees arrived at the picture on Patak Road in tambon Karon to find a badly damaged Toyota Yaris plus a small white tour bus, both with Phuket number plates.
A preliminary investigation found the car had been travelling from tambon Chalong to tambon Karon. While the vehicle was coming downhill, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it mixed with the bus, which had earlier used a group of tourists to Kata beach.
The accident left four Singaporean tourists in the vehicle in addition to the bus driver and two guides with injuries, Pol Capt Charnnarong said.
These were taken to Chalong and Vachira Phuket private hospitals, he said.
The Singaporean driver of the car was found unconscious at the scene and succumbed to his accidents on the way to the hospital, he said.
Pol Lt Ekkachai Siri, inspector with Phuket Tourist Police, on Saturday released details of the particular dead and hurt victims in the accident.
The car driver was recognized as Ho Jia Hui Renee, 21. The particular four injured Singaporeans — two men and two women — were Byran Teo Li Yan, thirty, Poh Mao Xin, 30, Pang Jiang Ning Eliana, 21, and Ng Ja Xin, 66.
The three injured people in the tour bus were bus car owner Anirut Chomcherd, 32, and guides Nuengruethai Raknawa, 43, plus South Korean lady Sang-min Lee, 41.