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Saraburi bus crash kills 19, injures 22

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A total 19 people were killed and 22 others injured when an inter-provincial passenger bus and an 18-wheel trailer truck collided in Kaeng Khoi district of Saraburi early Tuesday, reports said.

The accident occurred about 5am when the 18-wheeler ran across the traffic island on the Mitraphap highway and slammed into the Bangkok-Roi Et bus between the 19th and 20th kilometre markers in tambon Thap Kwang of Kaeng Khoi district.

The acciden caused a fire aboard the passenger bus.

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