Tourists injured when bus rear-ends truck in Chumphon

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Another tour van was destroyed in Lampang by a fire.

PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 12: 34

Tourists on the road beside the damaged bus after it rear-ended a truck while taking European vacationers from Bangkok to Koh Phangan, in Sawi district in Chumphon province, early Monday morning. (Photo: Chumphon Karnkusol Songkroh Foundation)
Early on Monday night, tourists in Chumphon province’s Sawi city on the side of the bus that was hit by a truck as it traveled from Bangkok to Koh Phangan. ( Photo: Chumphon Karnkusol Songkroh Foundation )

A double-decker van carrying Western tourists from Bangkok to Koh Phangan struck a vehicle early on Monday morning in Chumphon province, injuring 17 people.

The vehicle had 45 people on board. According to the Chumphon Karnkusol Songkroh Foundation, it crashed into the back of the vehicle traveling in its direction on Road 41 in the Sawi city around 4am.

The incident injured 17 people, who were taken taken to Sawi, Thung Tako and Chumphon facilities for treatment, the evacuation base said. &nbsp,

Lawal Transport Co. was responsible for the vehicle, according to Matichon online.

The vehicle was leaving Koh Phangan in Surat Thani state, according to Sawi officers deputy chief officer Pol Lt Kriengsak Wetchateng.

The vehicle, according to police, claimed to have seen the truck on the road ahead as he turned around in the dark.

In a similar event in Lampang state earlier on Sunday night, another double-decker vehicle was gutted by fire. ( continues below )

Firefighters try to douse a fire that engulfs a Viriyah Tour Co double-deck bus in Ko Kha district in Lampang province on Sunday night. (Photo: Lampang Rescue Association)

On Sunday nights, firefighters sprayed the flames that engulfed a Viriyah Tour Co double-deck vehicle in Ko Kha region in Lampang state. ( Photo: Lampang Rescue Association )

Around 9o’clock on Sunday, a Viriyah Tour Co vehicle caught blaze on Phayon Yothin Road in the Ko Kha area. All passengers and crew escaped unhurt, according to the Lampang Rescue Association.

The vehicle was traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai capital, carrying around 40 people. After noticing smoke and flames coming from the engine at the back of the car, the vehicle properly stopped and ordered everyone to leave.

A personal international bus company called Viriyah Tour, which operates some routes under a contract with the Transport Co, a government-run business.