Rescue workers swarm around the crash scene
where 2 people were killed and dozens others injured.
Boonlua Chatree
Two people were killed and more than two dozen injured
when a Pattaya-bound commuter bus smashed into a highway bridge support in
Samut Prakan.
Kitisak Pisawong, 51, driver of the Rungruang Co. bus and
an unidentified Thai woman around age 50 were killed in the May 13 crash at
the Burapha Withee junction in Bangpli. Nearly all the 27 passengers on the
bus, plus Kitisak’s teenage son, who was working as a ticket collector, were
injured and taken to nearby hospitals.
The exact cause of the crash wasn’t known immediately, but police agreed
the driver of the bus - which shuttles large numbers of Thai and foreign
passengers from Bangkok for just 113 baht - was speeding when it lost
control and smashed into the concrete pillar. Officers speculated the driver
may have been cut off or simply was going too fast when dropping to the
lower-level expressway.
