CHACHOENGSAO,
DEC 17 (TNA) – A van driver was killed
and 12 people, including eight South Korean tourists, were injured in a road
accident in Chachoengsao province, just east of Bangkok, on Monday.
Sangwon
Chancharoen was driving the van with eight South Korean tourists bound for
Bangkok.
At
a U-turn spot on Bangna-Trad highway, his bus crashed into a pick-up truck and
a motorcycle, police said.
The
driver was killed instantly while all passengers were injured and later rushed
to a hospital. Three persons on the
truck and the motorcyclist have also been wounded.
The
pick-up truck driver told police that as he was making a U-turn the van slammed
into the rear of his truck and swirled to hit the motorcycle. (TNA)
