Four Chinese passengers yesterday suffered critical injuries in a bus accident in the japanese province of Rayong. The remaining 20 passengers, together with the two drivers and a tour guide, were fortunate to escape with delicate injuries.
The incident happened on Road No. 36 throughout heavy rain. The white Zunlong bus, carrying 27 individuals, was found flipped on its aspect on the side of the street.
Invitation only , one man and three girls, were trapped contained in the vehicle. They sustained severe accidents including broken bones. Officers from Nikhom Pattana Police Station and a rescue group rushed the victims with severe injuries to hospital and provided first help to other injured victims.
One of the drivers, forty five year old Auttakorm Rongthong, reported that he had taken the Chinese tourists to Koh Samed, an island in Rayong. The accident occurred when he was taking vacationers back to their lodging in Pattaya.
Despite sustaining a gradual velocity of 60 kilometres per hour, the driver struggled to control the vehicle as a result of heavy downpour. Auttakorn acknowledged that the bus slid on the street and slipped right into a roadside ditch alongside a forest. Auttakorn was also injured and is in hospital.
A 26 12 months old Thai vendor, who bought durians along side the road, Yothaka Ramwong, informed ThaiRath that accidents at all times occurred on the scene in the course of the heavy rain.
Some locals consider that there is a ghost living in one of the roadside trees that takes their lives but the vendor doesn’t agree. She thought it was the condition of the highway which relevant government departments should pay attention to.
Officers advised Thai media they might question the drivers once more after they are recovered to problem costs towards each drivers and their bus operation company.
Regrettably, yesterday, there was one other bus accident within the Isaan province of Si Sakate. The bus with a Thai driver and forty seven marathon runners toppled over and plunged into the dense forest on a steep mountain highway, resulting in four deaths and a minimal of 27 accidents. The reason for the accident is under investigation by the police..