17 hurt as tour bus hits truck

A Malaysian tour bus hit a trailer truck in Sadao district in Songkhla on Monday, injuring 17 Malaysian tourists and a Thai tour guide.

According to police, the bus was carrying 46 people, including the tour guide and the driver.

At the time of the accident, the bus was heading from Hat Yai back to Malaysia via the Sadao border checkpoint. As it approached the checkpoint, the bus crashed into a truck carrying fish that was making a U-turn.

Police said the driver and the tour guide were trapped inside the bus. Seventeen Malaysian tourists sitting at the front of the bus were also injured, but the remaining passengers were able to exit the bus safely. The Thai tour guide suffered the most serious injuries, police said.

Police were questioning the truck driver and the Malaysian bus driver. 

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Vocabulary

  • approach: to move closer to someone or something - เข้าใกล้
  • checkpoint: a place where people have to stop so their vehicles and documents can be checked - ด่านตรวจ
  • guide (noun): a tourist guide, a person who brings tourists to interesting places to see on a tour - ผู้นำเที่ยว
  • injured (adj): hurt in an accident, natural disaster, attack, etc. - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
  • questioning: when the police asks a person questions in the investigation of a crime -
  • serious (adj): (of a problem) very bad -

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