13 tourists injured in van crash, driver killed
published : 9 Feb 2024 at 15:08
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A Thai driver was killed and all 13 young Danish passengers injured, three of them seriously, when their van veered off a hillside road and plunged into a ravine in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province on Thursday night.
The van, carrying 10 Danish women and three Danish men, was driving on Highway 1095. The accident was reported to police around 9.45pm.
The crash killed the Thai driver and left all 13 passengers injured, with three sustaining serious injuries. All were sent to Chiang Mai and Pai hospitals.
The van left Chiang Mai province at 6.30pm on Thursday for Pai district. The tourists, aged between 19 and 25, were heading for the popular Full Moon Party at a restaurant in Pai.
The driver lost control at a curve, causing the vehicle to veer off the road into a deep ravine.
On Nov 10 last year, a similar accident occurred when a van hit a mountain slope on the way to this popular tourist destination, resulting in the death of two foreign tourists and injuries to several others.
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- curve: a line or surface that bends gradually; a smooth bend - เส้นโค้ง, ทางโค้ง
- injured (adj): hurt in an accident, natural disaster, attack, etc. - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
- plunge: to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down or into something - ลดลงอย่างเร็ว (เช่น ราคา, อุณหภูมิ)
- ravine (noun): a deep, very narrow valley with steep sides - หุบเขาลึก, ห้วยลึก
- slope: a straight surface that has one end higher than the other - พื้นที่ลาดเอียง, ที่ลาด
- sustain: to experience, injury, damage, loss, etc. - ประสบกับ (ความสูญเสีย การเจ็บป่วย)
- veer (verb): to suddenly move in a different direction - เบน, แฉลบ เสียทิศทาง
