A delivery truck overtaking another vehicle collided head-on with a school van, killing the van driver and injuring 15 students, in Pa Daet district of Chiang Rai on Wednesday morning.
The crash occurred on a two-lane road at Mai Tai Moo 6 village in tambon Pa Daet and was reported about 7.20am, police said.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene and reported finding a six-wheel parcel delivery truck with Bangkok plates overturned on the road. A school van with Chiang Rai plates and its front crushed in was stopped nearby.
The van driver was dead behind the wheel, trapped inside the wreckage. Fifteen students were injured. Rescue workers released all the students and took the injured to a nearby hospital.
Police said the van was taking 20 students from Wang village in tambon San Makha to Pa Daet Witthayakhom School.
The oncoming delivery truck pulled out to overtake a car, and collided with the school bus.
Police were investigating.
The overturned delivery truck after the collision with a school van in Pa Daet district, Chiang Rai on Wednesday morning. (Photo: Pangae emergency response and rescue foundation)