Truck hits school van, killing driver, injuring students
published : 25 Oct 2023 at 13:28
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A delivery truck collided head-on with a school van, killing the van driver and injuring 15 students, in Pa Daet district of Chiang Rai on Wednesday morning.
The crash occurred as the truck was overtaking another vehicle on a two-lane road at Mai Tai Moo 6 village in tambon Pa Daet and was reported about 7.20am, police said.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene and reported finding a six-wheel parcel delivery truck with Bangkok licence plates overturned on the road. A school van with Chiang Rai licence plates and its front crushed in was stopped nearby.
The van driver was dead behind the wheel, trapped inside the wreckage. Fifteen students were injured. Rescue workers released all the students and took the injured to a nearby hospital.
Police said the van was taking 20 students from Wang village in tambon San Makha to Pa Daet Witthayakhom School.
The delivery truck had pulled out to overtake a car when it collided with the school van.
Police were investigating.
Vocabulary
- collide: (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently - ชน,กระแทก
- crash (noun): collision, accident - การชน
- extract: to take or pull something out, especially when this needs force or effort - ถอนออก, ดึงออก
- head-on: head-on collision; when the fronts of two cars or boats drive into each other causing great injury and destruction -
- licence plate: a flat piece of metal or plastic on the front and back of a vehicle that shows its license number - แผ่นป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์
- occurred (verb): happened - เกิดขึ้น
- overtake: to go past a moving vehicle or person ahead of you because you are going faster than they are - ผ่านพาหนะอื่น,ไล่แซง, ตามทัน
- overturn: to turn upside down or on the side - พลิกคว่ำ, คว่ำลง
- parcel: a package with something in it, sent through the mail, bigger than a letter - ไปรษณียภัณฑ์
- responder: something or someone that responds to your request and provides service to you when you have a problem, such as an ambulance or fire fighters -
- rush (verb): to move or do something very quickly - รีบเร่ง, วิ่ง
- truck: a lorry; a large road vehicle used for carrying goods - รถบรรทุก
- wreckage: the parts of a vehicle or building that remain after it has been severely damaged - ซากตึกบ้านเรือนที่ถูกทำลาย
