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Bus Crashes and Overturns in Phitsanulok Injuring 27 Passengers
The bus overturns after ramming into a power post in Phitsanulok early Sunday, injuring 27. (Photo by Chinawat Singha)
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PHITSANULOK Holiday bus travelers were shaken up yesterday when their Khon Kaen-bound tour bus from Chiang Mai crashed while nearing Muang district of Phitsanulok province early on Sunday, police said.
Pol Capt Noppadol Mai-ngam, a Muang district police investigator, said the accident happened at 1.25am on the road between Sukhothai-Phitsanulok, The bus with about 40 passengers slid across the road median to the other side, rammed into a power post and overturned.
Twenty-seven of the forty passengers received minor injuries in the accident, some passengers were admitted to Phra Phutthachinnaraj Hospital in Phitsanulok.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident.