One student killed, 11 injured in van accident

One student killed, 11 injured in van accident

Local residences watch rescue volunteers helping passengers in a van which was overturned in Muang district of Kanchanaburi on Sunday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)
Local residences watch rescue volunteers helping passengers in a van which was overturned in Muang district of Kanchanaburi on Sunday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: A female student was killed and 11 others injured after a van overturned in Muang district on Sunday morning, police said.

The accident occurred at about 7.30am on Highway 323 (Kanchanaburi-Sai Yok) near an intersection at Ban Lat Thong in tambon Nong Bua.

Pakorn Pisetpongsa, 33, the van driver, told police that he was taking the students from Thong Pha Phum district to the Kanchanaburi Technology and Business Administration College in Tha Muang district. The van departed from Thong Pha Phum at 5am.

While nearing the intersection at Ban Lat Thong, he lost control of the van while negotiating a bend. The vehicle skidded off the road and overturned, he said.

The violent impact killed Sornthip Khamthum, 22, a second-year accounting student at the college, and injured 11 other students, who were admitted to Phahon Phonphayuhasena Hospital.

An investigation was underway to establish the exact cause of the accident and prepare for possible legal action.

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