NARATHIWAT – A tour bus overturned in Muang district after hitting the median strip, injuring 11 passengers, on Monday morning.
The bus was travelling from Koh Samui to Sungai Kolok in Narathiwat province when the accident occurred in tambon Lamphu of Muang district.
Rescue teams found the on its side on the road with injured people trapped inside.
All passengers were helped out of the bus. Eleven suffered minor injuries, police said, and were taken to Narathiwat Ratchanakarin hospital.
Naroengsak Boonsamlee, 40, the bus driver, said he lost control of the vehicle on a curve and it hit the median strip and overturned.
Mr Naroengsak said he was unfamiliar with the road and had been driving tour buses for only a short time.