Pupils hurt in truck-bus crash

Pupils hurt in truck-bus crash

Rescue workers help injured passengers from the school bus after it was rear-ended by a six-wheeler on the Phetkasem Highway in Muang district of Phatthalung province on Friday morning. (Photo by Assawin Pakkawan)
Rescue workers help injured passengers from the school bus after it was rear-ended by a six-wheeler on the Phetkasem Highway in Muang district of Phatthalung province on Friday morning. (Photo by Assawin Pakkawan)

PHATTHALUNG: A six-wheeler crashed into a school bus stopped in heavy rain, injuring nine pupils and five adults, on the Phetkasem Highway in Muang district on Friday morning.

The accident happened about 7.10am. The bus, a modified truck with row seats, had stopped on the side of the road to pick up passengers at Moo 3 village of tambon Tha Khae, local police said.

It was taking pupils and parents from Tamot district to schools in Muang district.

A six-wheel cold storage truck registered in Bangkok ran into the back of the bus, which was forced into a roadside ditch by the impact.

Of the 14 injured people, two were in serious condition.

Police were searching for the driver of the cold storage truck.

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